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Good Morning To Gary Thompson Thanks for reading! facebook.com/ newssun twitter.com/ TheNewsSun newssun.com AN EDITION OF THE SUNYOUR HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER SINCE 1919HIGHLANDS NEWS-SUN VOL. 99 | NO. 92 | $1.00 Monday, April 2, 2018 Comics ..... ...................... NEWS WIRE Classieds ....................... B6-B8 Highlands Health .................. B1 Local Sports .................. A9-A10 Lottery .......................... SPORTS Viewpoints ............................. A6 Weather ................. NEWS WIRE SEBRING Â„ Ignorance of the law is not the reason why people violate traffic regulations, Lake Placid Police Chief James Fansler said. Fansler said he believes most drivers know the laws. But, he said, they fail to follow the laws because they are in a hurry to get to where they are going. And Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles statistics support that. During 2017, law enforcement officers in Highlands County issued more tickets for speeding than for any other moving infraction, whether criminal or non-criminal. The statistics show that of the 2,841 non-criminal citations issued in Highlands County in 2017, 887 were for speeding. Other violations that resulted in a lot of citations included 372 for careless driving, 207 for violations of right of way, 215 for running a stop sign, 65 for running a red light, and 87 for improper lane changes. The 884 criminal violations issued for Highlands County during 2017 included 96 for driving under the influence, 63 for leaving the scene of an accident, 260 for having no driverÂs license or an expired driverÂs license, and 340 for driving with a suspended or revoked driverÂs license.Biggest traffic infraction? Speeding By JAY MEISELSTAFF WRITERIn 2017, 887 citations were for speeding in the countyJAY MEISEL/STAFF Many of the trac citations issued in Highlands County are on U.S. 27. Speeding is the number one reason for moving violations in the county. TRAFFIC | 7 FloridaÂs newest tool to prevent mass shootings empowering police to seize guns from people deemed to be dangerous could pose serious legal challenges that are likely to be debated for years. Nine cases have already been Â“led in Broward County under a new state law that allows police to seek court orders to take guns from people considered to be a threat to themselves or others. Gov. Rick Scott signed the law March 9 in reaction to the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. Records show that the gunman, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, had come to the attention of authorities several times, but he was never forced to give up his guns. ItÂs too early to say how many times the new law has been used statewide, but several cases have come to light. One targeted a Lighthouse Point man who said one of his neighbors was a shape-shifter who sometimes looked like Osama bin Laden. That order was made Â“nal on Wednesday. The second was aimed at Zachary Gun law raises questions about enforcementBy RAFAEL OLMEDASUN SENTINELTALLAHASSEE Â„ Floridians could be asked later this year to prevent state and local elected officials from naming buildings and other facilities after themselves. A proposed constitutional amendment advanced last week by the Florida Constitution Revision Commission would prohibit city, county and state lawmakers from naming taxpayer-funded structures after currently elected officials. The proposal also would require stand-alone bills when facilities are named after former elected officials. Critics contend the proposal is a solution in search of a problem. But Constitution Revision Commission member John Stemberger, an Orlando lawyer, called his proposal (Proposal 37) a ÂsmallÂŽ way to improve the public perception of lawmakers. ÂI think the publicÂs stomach turns when we name projects after ourselves as public officials,ÂŽ Stemberger said of his proposal, which the commission approved in a 20-13 vote. ÂWhen we name projects, be Proposal targets politiciansÂ naming powersBy JIM TURNERNEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDASEBRING Â„ A few years ago, if someone called 911 with a cellphone, Highlands County dispatchers had no way to independently know the location or approximate location from which the call originated. ÂIf the caller didnÂt know where they were at, nobody knew where they were at,ÂŽ said J.P. Fane, who retired this week as captain at the Highlands County SheriffÂs Office. Fane has played a key role in upgrading the 911 system in Highlands County to improve communications for law enforcement. Fane had a 24-year career with the SheriffÂs Office. He began his career with the Santa Rosa County SheriffÂs Office. A friend told him that the Highlands County SheriffÂs Office was hiring deputies and he decided to head south. For much of the first half of his career with the Highlands County SheriffÂs Office, Fane worked on the traffic unit. In the years since then, the SheriffÂs Office has focused on responding to calls, resulting in a lack of deputies to form a dedicated traffic unit. He also was a member of the SWAT team. When former Sheriff Susan Benton put Fane in charge of communications, Retired captain played key role in modernizing communicationsBY JAY MEISELSTAFF WRITER JAY MEISEL/STAFFJ.P. Fane, who retired this past week as captain with the Highlands County SheriÂs Oce, worked to improve law enforcement communications.NAMING | 7ÂWhen we name projects, be they scholarships or whatever it is, after members who are in leadership, I think it raises ethical issues.Â„ John Stemberg, Constitution Revision Commission member CAPTAIN | 7ÂWe are in uncharted territory, with kids making threats over the internet, I think if you threaten somebody, youÂve surrendered your right to privacy.ÂŽÂ„ Jack Tuter, Broward Chief Administrative Judge GUN | 8

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A2 | HIGHLANDS NEWS-SUN | Monday, April 2, 2018 www.highlandsnewssun.com The Highlands News-Sun (USPS 487900ISSN 2473-0068) is published daily by Tim Smolarick at the Highlands News-Sun, 315 US 27 North Sebring, FL 33870. Periodical postage paid at Lakeland, FL and additional entry oce(s). All material contained herein is the property of the Highlands News-Sun, which is an aliate of Sun Coast Media Group. Reproduction in whole or part is forbidden without the written permission of the publisher. All material submitted for publication becomes the property of the newspaper and may be edited for clarity and space, as well as reprinted, published and used in all media. Postmaster: Send address changes to: Highlands News-Sun, 315 US 27 North Sebring, FL 33870. COMMITMENT TO ACCURACY The Highlands News-Sun promptly corrects errors of fact appearing in its news stories. If you believe we have made an error, call the newsroom at 863-385-6155. If you have a question or comment about coverage, write to Karen Clogston, editor, 315 US 27 North Sebring, FL 33870; email editor@ newssun.com or call 863-386-5831. OFFICE Location: 315 US 27 North Sebring, FL 33870 Hours: 8 a.m. Â… 5 p.m. Monday Friday Phone: 863-385-6155 Main Fax: 863-385-1954 SUBSCRIPTION RATES 13 weeks Tax Total $53.30 $4.00 $57.30 26 weeks Tax Total $106.60 $8.00 $114.60 52 weeks Tax Total $213.20 $15.99 $229.19 EZ Pay Tax Total $15.91 $1.19 $17.10 MAIL SUBSCRIPTION RATES 3 months $74.36 6 months $133.81 12 months $229.19 Your newspaper is delivered by an independent contractor. If you do not receive your home delivered newspaper by 6 a.m. on any daily publication date, or 7a.m. on Sunday, please phone the circulation department at 863-385-6155. PUBLISHER Tim Smolarick 863-386-5624 tim.smolarick@ highlandsnewssun.com EXECUTIVE EDITOR Romona Washington 863-386-5634 romona.washington@ highlandsnewssun.com EDITORIAL Karen Clogston, Editor/Special Sections Editor 863-386-5835 karen.clogston@ highlandsnewssun.com Pallavi Agarwal, Contributing Editor 863-386-5831 pallavi.agarwal@ highlandsnewssun.com RETAIL ADVERTISING Cli Yeazel, Advertising Director 863-386-5844 cli.yeazel@highlandsnewssun.com CIRCULATION DIRECTOR Rob Kearley, Circulation Director 863-385-6155 rob.kearley@ highlandsnewssun.com PLACE A CLASSIFIED AD From 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays Tracy Weikel, Classied Account Executive tracy.weikel@highlandsnewssun. com 863-658-0307 LEGAL ADVERTISING Janet Emerson 863-386-5637 legals@highlandsnewssun.com CUSTOMER SERVICE Mike Henry, Oce Manager 863-385-6155 michael.henry@ highlandsnewssun.com SUBMIT NEWS & OBITS Email all obituaries and death notices to obits@ highlandsnewssun.com Email all other announcements to highlandsnewssun@ highlandsnewssun.com highlandsnewssun.com AVON PARK Â„ Councilman Terry Heston recognized departing City Manager Julian DeleonÂs impact on the city with a long list of his accomplishments and a statement of appreciation. Heston noted it has been four years since the property tax rate went down from $5.89 to 30 cents per $1,000 in property value, saving the cityÂs taxpayers $1.6 million in property taxes annually. The other accomplishments Heston highlighted included: Â€ The Â“re assessment is at its lowest level at $80 per year per residence when at one time it was $165 per year. Â€ The city has gone from $8 million in debt to $10.8 million in reserves. Â€ Deleon constructed in-house over 100,000 feet of water and sewer mains. Â€ Added more than 25 percent additional ratepayers to the utility, with 1,600 new utility accounts, in less than Â“ve years. Â€ Modernized the water plants and wastewater plant by improving reliability and redundancy. Â€ Constructed two new drinking water wells valued at over $2 million. Â€ First in recycling in the county, Â“ve years ahead of everyone, deployed all new automated garbage trucks to process garbage and recycling carts. Â€ Annexations have made Avon Park the largest city in Highlands County, from 8,800 residents to 10,900. Â€ Purchased 45 acres with cash to build additional capacity for the city wastewater plant, a $1.2 million undertaking, with another million programed for construction. Â€ The cityÂs stafÂ“ng ratio of 4.5 per 1,000 in population is much lower than other municipalities of comparable size, which typically have stafÂ“ng ratios of 10 to 20 employees per 1,000 residents. HestonÂs list included more accomplishments in the seven years Deleon headed the city. ÂAs you can see, Mr. DeleonÂs list of accomplishments is extensive and I am sure this list is nowhere near exhaustive,ÂŽ Heston said. ÂI would like to take this opportunity on behalf of the citizens of Avon Park to thank him for his professionalism, his innovative spirit, his belief in our city of charm, and his courage. ÂJulian has weathered many storms...internal and external...real and imagined...those that were accurately documented and those that were not...his perseverance and commitment to the work at hand is to be admired and commended.ÂŽ To say he will be missed is an understatement, Heston said. ÂThank you, we wish you the very best in your future endeavors,ÂŽ Heston said in closing.AP councilman fetes departing city managerBy MARC VALEROSTAFF WRITER HESTON DELEONÂHis work will remain as a testament to his courage and commitment to his role as city manager.ÂŽÂ„Terry Heston, Avon Park councilman SEBRING Â„ The Sebring Community Redevelopment Agency will start a new event, Food Trucks & Flicks, which if successful,will be held monthly on Fridays. Kristie Vazquez, director of the CRA, said the event will feature food and a movie. The Â“rst event will be held Friday, April 13, from 5 to 9:30 p.m. with the movie beginning at about 8:30 p.m. The event is family-friendly and will include 10 food trucks, she said. Vazquez said as of last week she was still looking for the Â“rst movie and that it may have a Friday the 13th plot. The movie will be shown in the parking lot on West Commerce Street across from SirianoÂs. People are urged to bring chairs and blankets. The movie will have free admission. Food Trucks & Flicks will be repeated on May 11 and then evaluated to see if thereÂs enough interest to continue it.Food, movie event to be held downtownSTAFF REPORT POLICE BLOTTERThe following people were arrested on felony charges and booked into the Highlands County jail on March 23: Willie Britt, 43, South Bay, on charges of driving on suspended license and fraud. Geovanni Jesus Gonzalez, 18, Sebring, on three charges of failure to appear. William Ray McGinnis, 32, Arcadia, on charges of burglary and larceny. Matthew Aron Pritchard, 25, Lake Placid, on charges of drug possession, drug equipment possession and marijuana possession. Eladio Reyes, 44, Avon Park, charged with sex offense. Jeffrey Jared Reyes, 25, Avon Park, on charges of drug equipment possession, marijuana possession and committing a third degree felony with a weapon. Jose Anibal Rondon, 38, Avon Park, on charges of marijuana possession, drug equipment possession and destroying evidence. The following people were arrested on felony charges and booked into the Highlands County jail on March 24:Andrew Michael Burke, 25, Lake Placid, on charges of marijuana possession, drug possession and drug equipment possession.The following people were arrested on felony charges and booked into the Highlands County jail on March 25:Carlos Lorenzo Gonzalez, 61, Lake Placid, charged with homicide. Mark Richard Martin, 42, Sebring, on charges of burglary and larceny. The following people were arrested on felony charges and booked into the Highlands County jail on March 26:Santos Contreras, 36, Avon Park, on charges of drug possession, drug equipment possession and battery. Chad Everett Kellogg, 41, Avon Park, charged with probation violation. Mark Marlin Moree, 28, Zolfo Springs, on charges of simple assault, resisting an ofÂ“cer and larceny. Ashley Christine Schenck, 30, West Palm Beach, on charges of larceny, drug possession and marijuana possession. The following people were arrested on felony charges and booked into the Highlands County jail on March 27:Troyvontae Dashonn Bolton, 21, Avon Park, on charges of battery, larceny, resisting an ofÂ“cer, possession of weapon by convicted felon and aggravated assault with deadly weapon. Erika Marie Cooper, 25, Avon Park, on charges of battery and aggravated battery. Brandie Marie Flowers, 36, Sebring, on charges of drug equipment possession and delivery of methamphetamine. Charlean Joann King, 48, Sebring, charged with probation violation. Donna Yvonne Lyons, 54, Sebring, charged with probation violation. Rickey Wendell Taylor, 27, Avon Park, charged with probation violation. The following people were arrested on felony charges and booked into the Highlands County jail on March 28:Jessica Renee Ballard, 30, Sebring, charged with sex offender violation. Aaron Lance Dennis, 35, Avon Park, charged with probation violation. Jimmy Earl Hayes, 42, Sebring, on charges of obstructing police, drug equipment possession and marijuana possession. Charles Javarius Hipps, 23, Lake Placid, on charges of resisting an ofÂ“cer, battery, obstruction of justice and probation violation. Christian John Lamperti, 18, Sebring, charged with malicious land burning. James Tyler Cato Neat, 19, Sorrento, on two charges of failure to appear. Hunter Daniel NullBrunle, 19, Sebring, on charges of failure to appear, drug equipment possession and marijuana possession. 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Monday, April 2, 2018 | HIGHLANDS NEWS-SUN | A3 www.highlandsnewssun.com Highlands County road projects for which the Florida Department of Transportation has issued a road advisory: Â€U.S. 98 Westbound just ease of Thunder Road Spring Lake: Crews will be clearing vegetation and constructing a residential driveway. Â€U.S. 27 Northbound just north of S. Sun N Lakes Boulevard in Lake Placid: Crews will be constructing an agricultural driveway. Â€U.S. 27 Southbound between Golfview Road and Tubbs Road: Crews will reconstruct the driveway/connection at the old Mexican Restaurant location and adjacent property. Watch for trucks entering and exiting the site. Â€U.S. 27 Southbound at Shop 16 Road/west Lake Isis Avenue: Crews will be installing a trafÂ“c signal near Walmart. Watch for trucks entering and exiting the site. Please use caution in this area and watch for crews working close to the roadway. Crews will be setting the signal arms. Watch for night time lane closures 7 p.m. to 4 a.m. from Monday, April 2 through Saturday, April 13. Â€U.S. 27 Southbound at the intersection of Lakewood Drive: Crews will reconstruct the driveway/connection at the old WendyÂs/new PopeyeÂs location and adjacent property. Â€SR 66 from Highlands/Hardee County Line to west of US 27/US 98: Crews are repaving approximately 9 miles of roadway on both the eastbound and westbound lanes of SR 66 from the Highlands/ Hardee County Line to US 27. Additional improvements include the addition of a right turn lane on to Skipper Road, widening the right turn lanes on to South George Boulevard, Sparta Road, and Woodland Creek Trail, installing drainage, curb and gutter, guardrail, pavement markings, and signage. Anticipate daytime and nighttime lane closures on SR 66 during construction and expect delays. Please use caution in this area and be aware of crews working close to the roadway. Motorists should expect single lane closures and be prepared to follow Â”agger direction from Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. through 5:30 p.m. Estimated project completion is summer 2018. The contractor is Lawrence Lynch Corp. Â€S.R. 64 from Shell Avenue to North Irvington Road: Motorists should expect daytime westbound lane closures on S.R. 64 from Shell Avenue to North Irvington Road from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., which starts today and will end on April 6 while crews perform maintenance on roadside ditches. Motorists should use caution and expect delays. Â€S.R. 17 from Central Avenue to North Museum Avenue: Watch for possible lane closures on SR 17 from Central Avenue to North Museum Avenue to Â“nish Â“nal items and clean-up. Use caution and be prepared to merge. This project includes milling and resurfacing, curb and gutter, and sidewalks. The contractor is Blacktip Services Inc.County road watch advisories issuedSPECIAL TO HIGHLANDS NEWS-SUN AVON PARKÂ„ Four South Florida State College Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education students will participate in the Â“ve-day NASA Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) Educator Institute at the Kennedy Space Center, June 18-22. The program was created to bolster teacher education in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). The four students attending the institute are Sheri Cobb, Bonnie Cullifer, Dana Smallwood and Antonio Tirada. Joining them will be Maday Leon, lead instructor, SFSC Elementary Education program. SFSC is one of eight institutions from across the country participating the program this year. ÂThis is a lifetime opportunity for my students,ÂŽ Leon said. ÂTheyÂll receive training from people who are the top of their Â“elds in science.ÂŽ The program is comprised of student-centered classroom activities that use NASA resources and assist educators in developing instructional practices that enhance STEM instruction. ÂWe stay at the Kennedy Space Center for a week, and the students have a different activity to work on each day,ÂŽ Leon said. ÂThe goal is that science and math classes will change from relying on textbooks to using hands-on activities, and the students will make use of ÂFive EÂŽ lesson plans. ÂFive EÂŽ stands for ÂEngaged, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate.ÂŽ Working in groups, the student teachers will be given situations to explore, test, and evaluate, such as how engineers landed the Curiosity rover on Mars or the role of clouds in atmospheric temperature. In testing, they will be given a select set of everyday materials to use, such as cotton balls, thermometers, masking tape, rubber bands, and stop watches. They must then consider how these activities can be implemented in their classrooms. ÂWe need to change the approach in our education right now,ÂŽLeon said. ÂWe need to use more hands-on activities in education and develop more of the engineering. Through the application process, students can become critical thinkers. ThatÂs what we need now in our society. We need our students to go into the workforce and be innovative.ÂŽ ÂIf we continue preparing students for only testing and memorization, we are still existing in the industrial revolution, the prior era,ÂŽ she added. ÂWe are currently in the technology age where the student must go to the next level. They should be saying, ÂThis is a product. How can I improve it, Â“x it, or make it work?Â or ÂWe have an environmental problem. Let me Â“x it or let me invent something to solve that problem.Â We need to start students at an early age with this mindset. Then, when the students graduate, they become problem solvers.ÂŽSFSC students head to NASA for STEM teacher trainingSPECIAL TO HIGHLANDS NEWS-SUN COURTESY PHOTOFour South Florida State College Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education students, Sheri Cobb, Bonnie Cullifer, Dana Smallwood and Antonio Tirada, will participate in a ve-day NASA Minority University Research and Education Project Educator Institute at the Kennedy Space Center to bolster teacher education in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).adno=3564929 Office of ResearchPublic Notice: Special Test MarketAn industry leader in digital hearing devices has asked our Office of Research to hold a special product test event in your area. 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A4 | HIGHLANDS NEWS-SUN | Monday, April 2, 2018 www.highlandsnewssun.com Please Nominate Your Favorite Person in A Category Below: Â€ Man of the YearSponsored by Tom Barrett, RealtorÂ€ Woman of the Year Sponsored by Alan Jay Automotive NetworkÂ€ Teen of the Year Sponsored by Champion For Children FoundationÂ€ Physician of the Year Sponsored by Florida HospitalÂ€ Surgeon of the Year Sponsored by Florida HospitalÂ€ Nurse of the Year Sponsored by Florida HospitalÂ€ Female Coach of the YearSponsored by Bugs Bee-Ware, Curb-N-ScapeÂ€ Male Coach of the Year Â€ Financial Representative of the YearÂ€ Real Estate Agent of the Year Sponsored by Jason Tru, Geneva Financial, LLCÂ€ Educator of the Year Sponsored by South Florida State CollegeÂ€ Volunteer Of the Year Sponsored by Frames & ImagesÂ€ Agricultural Person of the Year Sponsored by Spray and Pray Guns & Ammo. Home of Lead Down RangeÂ€ Philanthropist of the Year Â€ 501c3 of the Year Sponsored by The Palms of Sebring 315 Hwy 27 North Â€ Sebring, FL 33870 (Across from the Gate Station and Next to Five Guys) Email: nominations@HighlandsNewsSun.com (To Nominate More Than One Category, Copies of this Form or Typed Copy Will Be Accepted) Please Email Your Digital Submission, or Drop Off in Person, by April 2, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. Nomination Name: Phone Number of Nominee: Category: Reason For Nomintation: Submitted by: Phone: SPONSORED BY: adno=3564867

A6 | HIGHLANDS NEWS-SUN | Monday, April 2, 2018 www.highlandsnewssun.comJust follow the rules I attended the 2-22-18 TDC meeting where the cry and the call was, ÂOther counties get much more tourist tax than we do; why canÂt we get more?ÂŽ Mr. (TDC board member Terry) Heston says when he goes to Hillsborough County and spends the night, he pays a 5 percent tourist tax, and wonders why we canÂt do that. All but one member, including the chair, Commissioner (Jim) Brooks, voted to approve and turn in a new TDC tax plan raising our 2 percent tax to 4 percent to the county commission, which they say will produce $880,000 per year. If you read Tourist Development Tax 2017 Florida Statutes: 125.0104 (3)-Taxable Privileges (C) and (D) you will see it is not legal to raise the tax more than 1 percent and must be by a extraordinary vote of the governing board (not three but four ÂyesÂŽ votes needed), or by referendum approval by the registered electors within the county. Due to the fact that Commissioner Brooks has voted to approve the 4 percent plan as a TDC member, he should not be allowed to vote (with a proven conÂ”ict of interest) as an extraordinary member of the governing board. So to pass that makes all the remaining members vote Âyes,ÂŽ and that may be hard to do during an election year. Now that they have opened the TDC plan and are trying to make major changes, a sunset would be just another major change. We as the voters of Highlands County should demand they put a sunset in the proposed plan. Then we can get rid of them if they donÂt do what they say. We donÂt want what Ross (Macbeth, former county attorney) gave us about needing to repeal TDC before you can change it. If that is true, show us where it says that. I also looked at Hillsborough County which has a 5 percent tourist tax to see what they did and how they did it. They developed their Tourist Development Tax in 1978. The Hillsborough County Board of County Commission (BOCC) adopted an ordinance provided by state law and approved by local referendum to levy a local Tourist Development Tax throughout Hillsborough County for the purposes described in Section 125.0104, Florida statutes. Currently, the TDT in Hillsborough County is 5 percent of each dollar (and fraction) of the total consideration charged for the lease or rental of an accommodation. It was increased by ordinance incrementally by one cent on each dollar in 1986, 1990 and 1994. (Note: That is 1 percent every four years). So, did some local Tourist Development Councils read and follow the Florida statutes and get ahead of those that sat on their hands, tricked the public, hired others to do their job, and are now trying to cut corners and break rules to catch up? What do you think? Now I am not against TDC raising the tax rate, as long as they follow Florida Statutes:125.0104 (3)-Taxable Privileges (C) and (D)just like everyone else.Bill Youngman SebringLearning comes from Âtrial and errorÂAt the end of the school year, one college professor told his class, ÂMy wish for you is you will make one mistake each day but never make the same mistake twice.ÂŽ Much of my learning in life has been from Âtrial and errorÂŽ or doing what appears to be best but discovering the situation complex and another way better. Sometimes we easily learn from other peopleÂs complex mistakes. Reading history can be beneÂ“cial. God created two very effective forms of birth control preventing over population of this planet. The Â“rst is women cannot become pregnant after menopause and the other one is everyone born must someday die. I am 78 with not much additional time for learning or growing in my earthly life. I consider this life to be preparation for life in the hereafter. Two important things I can take with me when I die are knowledge acquired and friendships made. 200 years from now we all will be together with our descendants living on earth if it still exists. I look forward to life without wars, guns or killings.LeRoy Esler Sebring You have read about the new tariffs on imported aluminum and steel, and on products from China. Now it seems our own business Â„ newspaper printing and publishing Â„ will take some casualties in a trade war over paper. This month, the U.S. government piled huge tariffs onto the imports of newsprint from Canada, including those from our biggest supplier. As a result, the price will jump from $600 to $800 for every ton, and we use about 17,000 tons every year. That increase is more than 30 percent, and would add more than $3 million to the Tampa Bay TimesÂ annual newsprint bill. You can multiply our example across the American newspaper industry, which is already facing strong headwinds. Historically, advertising provided the lionÂs share of newspaper revenue, but in just 10 years, the recession and other market forces have cut those ad revenues by more than half. Newspapers remain vital civic assets Â„ nobody else will report on your community with the depth and breadth of a newspaper Â„ but publishing them is not an easy business, and these tariffs will make it even harder. This is a kick in the teeth. These tariffs will hurt our readers, because they create pressure to raise our prices, and they will force publishers to re-examine every other expense. Maybe we will drop some puzzles and comics Â„ no big deal, unless we cut one that is your favorite. These tariffs will also hurt our employees, because payroll is the only expense that is bigger than newsprint. To help offset the extra expense of paper, publishers will eliminate jobs. Make no mistake: These tariffs will cause layoffs across American newspapers, including this one. These tariffs started with a single American newsprint manufacturer who complained that Canadian companies were ÂdumpingÂŽ their product in the U.S. at below-market prices. In the current political climate, that complaint found a friendly ear in Washington. Other American manufacturers opposed these tariffs because they know they will damage newspapers and reduce the demand for newsprint. But now that the tariffs are taking effect, the American companies are hiking their own prices, so we have little room to shop around. Just about every American newspaper and all our trade associations are joining the Â“ght to challenge these tariffs, but even if we succeed, it will take months to reverse this terrible decision. Meanwhile, prices will go up. Jobs will be lost. Important stories will go uncovered. If you believe that newspapers do essential work, we would be grateful for your support. Please let your members of Congress and senators know that these reckless tariffs must be repealed Â„ not just because they hurt newspapers, but because they will damage the customers and communities we serve. Thank you for hearing us out. Paul C. Tash is the chairman and CEO of the Times Publishing Company.Tariffs on paper will hurt us, and our readers One way or another it appears FloridaÂs systematic denial of voting rights to felons may soon be ended. The sooner the better for this practice, an anachronism with roots in voter suppression 150 years ago in the post-Civil War South. Today, the system disproportionately restricts rights of the poor and minorities in the criminal justice system. A population presumed to skew to the Democratic Party. Most disturbing, though, the current system leaves decisions about voting rights to the whim of a handful of politicians who may, or may not, benefit at the polls. Florida is one of only four states that, in effect, permanently strip convicted felons of voting rights. Under changes enacting during the administration of Gov. Rick Scott, felons must wait a minimum of five years before applying to a four-person Clemency Board, composed of the governor, attorney general, chief financial officer and the agriculture commissioner. Those convicted of murder or sex offenses must wait at least seven years before requesting Â„ not necessarily receiving Â„ rights of citizenship. FloridaÂs voting-restoration rules were liberalized in 2007 by then-Republican Gov. Charlie Crist: The voting rights of non-violent felons were automatically granted without hearings. This a restored the vote to 100,000 citizens in the first year. By comparison, in the seven years since Scott arrived in office and locked the system, fewer than 3,000 have been granted. The state Commission on Offender Review currently has a backlog of 10,000 cases Â„ and those are only the people whoÂve made requests. A constitutional amendment, brought by a petition signed by 1 million voters and placed on the November ballot, will ask whether the process will become automatic. That measure must get 60 percent of the vote. Recently, though, a U.S. District Judge Mark Walker issued a permanent injunction in a lawsuit challenging the system brought by the Fair Elections Legal Network. In his decision, Walker wrote, ÂThis court concluded that FloridaÂs arbitrary slow drip of vote restorations violates the U.S. Constitution Â„ but that does not mean defendants (Scott, et al.) can shut off the spigot of voting rights with a wrench, yank it from the plumbing and throw the whole apparatus into the Gulf of Mexico.ÂŽ He said ex-prisoners should not have to wait five years Â„ beyond one four-year election cycle. ÂThere are problems of potential abuse Â„ especially when members of the board, who are elected on a statewide basis and who may be running for re-election or another office, have a personal stake in shaping the electorate to their perceived benefit.ÂŽ That is an unmistakable perception. Felon voting rights were written into FloridaÂs Reconstruction Constitution in 1868 as an explicit means of denying the vote to former slaves. At the same time, the definition of a felony was expanded to include a targeted minority population. This remains a vestige of that shameful system. The process is arbitrary, in that it leaves questions of civil rights to a handful of elected officials whose party might benefit or suffer from the existence of fewer, or more, voters. It also counteracts the aim of rehabilitation by automatically preventing felons from reintegration and full participation in civil society. On what basis? Those who have paid their debt to society deserve the restoration of their civil rights when the debt is satisfied. Â„ Sun NewspapersCourt ruling recognizes voting rightsOUR VIEW YOUR VIEW Paul Tash GUEST COLUMN Tim Smolarick Publisher tim.smolarick@highlandsnewssun.com Romona Washington Executive Editor romona.washington@highlandsnewssun.com JOIN THE CONVERSATIONLetters are welcome on virtually any subject, but we do have some rules. We will not accept any Letters to the Editor that ment ion a business in a negative tone, as they have no means to defend themselves. Please keep Letters to the Editor to less than 250 words. Letters will be edited to length as well as for grammar and spelling. All letters must be signed with full name Â… not in itials. An address and telephone number must be included. The phone number and address are not for publication, but must be provided. In the case of letters that are emailed, the same rules apply. Due to the number of letters received, we are able to run only four letters per person per month. The Letters to the Editor section is designed as a public forum for community discourse, and the opinions and statements made in letters are solely those of the individual writers. The newspaper takes no responsibility for the content of these letters. Please send or bring correspondence to the Highlands News-Sun, Letters to the Editor, 315 US 27 North Sebring, FL 33870, or fax to 863-385-1954. Readers may also email Letters to the Editor to editor@newssun.com. VIEWPOINTS Karen Clogston Editor karen.clogston@highlandsnewssun.com Rob Kearly Circulation Director rob.kearly@highlandsnewssun.com

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Monday, April 2, 2018 | HIGHLANDS NEWS-SUN | A7 www.highlandsnewssun.com Look for a third crossword in the Sun Classified section. Fansler said his officers most frequently see violations involving speeding, obeying red lights, failure to use seat belts, and driving with a suspended driverÂs license. When officers investigate those violations, itÂs not uncommon to discover other violations of law, including illegal possession of drugs, Fansler said. Following too closely is often a reason cited for accidents. Fansler said in most cases, under Florida law, the car that hits the back of a vehicle is at fault. Drivers should generally leave five car lengths of distance between them and a vehicle in front, he said. The only exception to the rear vehicle being responsible in a rear-end crash is if the driver of the other vehicle purposely made a sudden stop, Fansler said. But, he indicated, that could be difficult to prove. In Florida, according to tripsavvy.com, the law allows people to run right at red light if no traffic is oncoming and thereÂs no sign, the driver and the front seat passenger must wear seat belts, and all children age 5 and younger be restrained in a child restraint system. All passengers under the age of 18 must wear a seatbelt, regardless of position in the vehicle. Florida law also requires people to slow down to 20 miles per hour when approaching an emergency vehicle. Generally, according to the state of Florida web site, speed limits are 20 miles per hour in a school zone. The fine for violating that is $555.50.TRAFFICFROM PAGE 1 Âit was an enormous learning curve,ÂŽ Fane recalled. Most people are not aware of the complexities of the system, he said. ÂPeople thought radios were magic and you pushed a button and it works.ÂŽ ItÂs almost amazing with the complexity involved that it works 99 percent of the time, he said. But when he began his new role, the 911 system was antiquated and no longer supported. ÂFor a long time I went to work on a prayer and thread and hoping it wouldnÂt break,ÂŽ he said. Fane said he learned through other communications systems operators that grant money was available to upgrade the system. With the new system, a landline call results in a map with 100 percent accuracy showing the origin of the call. On cell phone calls, they can locate the origin of the call to within 75 feet, he said. Another issue the system solved was that in some areas, deputies encountered dead zones, he said. If deputies responded to a call in one of those areas, they were on their own. Now, deputies can go to other counties Â„ and even downtown Orlando Â„ and still maintain contact, he said. The new system is also more secure, he said. Ultimately, the whole system will be based on the Internet and provide communications with all agencies in Florida, he said. Although technology is important, Fane credited the people behind it with making it work. ÂThey absolutely care about the callers who need help,ÂŽ he said. Fane served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War. He is married to Kimberly Fane, who is a physical therapy assistant, and they have two daughters.CAPTAINFROM PAGE 1 they scholarships or whatever it is, after members who are in leadership, I think it raises ethical issues. It forces the members of that legislative body to make a decision as to whether theyÂre going to oppose leadership or do something that leadership wants.ÂŽ The proposal was one of 25 to survive a round of voting last week by the commission, which gathers every 20 years to review and propose changes to the state Constitution. StembergerÂs proposal remains subject to a final vote by the commission. If it ultimately appears on the November ballot, it would need 60 percent approval from voters to pass. State lawmakers each year consider numerous naming proposals for such things as roads. StembergerÂs proposal advanced before Gov. Rick Scott signed into law Friday a measure (HB 382) that names 38 roads and bridges across the state after 41 people and families, along with a portion of Interstate 75 in Collier County as the ÂSubmarine Veterans Memorial Highway.ÂŽ The bill also applies the name ÂNona and Popa RoadÂŽ to a section of the San Juan Street Extension in Anastasia State Park in St. Johns County to honor grandmothers and grandfathers who take their grandchildren to state parks. All the individuals honored in the bill, including former state Sen. Greg Evers, a Baker Republican who died Aug. 22 when his truck ran off a road, are dead. House leaders had removed two names from the bill, refusing to include the names of living people before voting. Stemberger said he didnÂt want his proposal to require people to be dead before they can be honored. ÂYouÂre not really not honoring that person, then everything becomes a memorial,ÂŽ Stemberger said. ÂI think this is a good practice, I think it just needs to be done in a way that is above reproach.ÂŽ As for why the measure is needed, Stemberger said Jacksonville in 2005 spent $9,000 on a granite obelisk honoring community Âlegends,ÂŽ which included the likeness of then-City Councilwoman Pat Lockett-Felder. The inscription under Lockett-FelderÂs name read, ÂStill Working for the People.ÂŽ Constitution Revision Commission member Chris Smith, a former Democratic state senator from Fort Lauderdale, said the proposal steps on legislative and local decision-making, when the commission should be focused on bigger issues that impact the Ârights of people.ÂŽ ÂThis seems to be a local personal beef making it to the Constitution,ÂŽ Smith said. ÂIf Jacksonville wants to name every park after every commissioner, fine, thatÂs JacksonvilleÂs problem. Let Jacksonville do that. ThatÂs their problem. But donÂt tell Riviera Beach that they have to do this. DonÂt tell Fort Lauderdale that they have to do this. DonÂt tell Niceville that they have to do this.ÂŽ Commissioner Arthenia Joyner, a former Democratic state senator from Tampa, said she couldnÂt remember any speakers calling for the proposal at public hearings the commission held across the state. But Commissioner Tom Lee, a Republican state senator from Thonotosassa, said the proposal is an opportunity to send a message about how government operates. ÂThis concept establishes a value in our state, a guiding principle, that we believe you should wait to name these monuments to your public service after yourself, or to have your colleagues do the same,ÂŽ Lee said. ÂI donÂt see any real damage thatÂs done from that. I like the idea myself. IÂve seen how some of these naming things get done. The quid pro quos that take place, that result in bills passing, sometimes donÂt always result in the best naming of things.ÂŽNAMINGFROM PAGE 1 newstips@newssun.com Email Your News Tips To: DO YOU HAVE THE NEXT BIG STORY OR NEWS TIP TO SHARE?

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A8 | HIGHLANDS NEWS-SUN | Monday, April 2, 2018 www.highlandsnewssun.com Cruz, brother of the Stoneman Douglas shooter. Zachary Cruz, 18, was arrested March 19 on a trespassing charge at Douglas high school. The Broward County SheriffÂs OfÂ“ce sought the order the same day. In Orlando, an order was Â“led on March 21 against Chris Velasquez, a University of Central Florida student who reportedly told police that he was one life-altering event away from summoning the courage to open Â“re on a school. BrowardÂs chief administrative judge, Jack Tuter, says the new law comes with potential legal pitfalls that lawmakers apparently did not anticipate. Among the questions: What can police do about weapons in the home that are not owned by the subject of the order? How can the judicial system balance the privacy of minors with the open nature of the orders? WhoÂs responsible for monitoring the subject? What happens if the subject wants to turn his weapons over to a responsible third party instead of to police? That last question is answered in the law, with a large loophole, Tuter told a gathering of law enforcement ofÂ“cials on March 22. Police must allow the transfer of weapons to a third party as long as that person passes a background check. But the law doesnÂt fund the background check, nor does it specify who is supposed to conduct it. ÂYouÂre going to have to Â“gure that out,ÂŽ Tuter told the ofÂ“cials. Fort Lauderdale attorney Michael Styles, who was not at the meeting, agreed with Tuter about the likelihood of legal challenges. ÂThis law was a kneejerk reaction to a bad situation,ÂŽ he said. ÂWe have enough gun laws on the books. This one was not well-thought-out.ÂŽ Styles went further than Tuter, predicting that the parts of the law, such as the seizure of weapons that donÂt belong to the subject of the order, would not survive a constitutional challenge. Tuter said the case of Zachary Cruz easily could have raised a number of questions. Cruz lives in Palm Beach County, but the order was sought in Broward. He does not live alone, and there was no way to tell whether anyone else in his home owned a weapon. As it turned out, there were no weapons, so ofÂ“cials were never confronted with the need to answer the questions. That wonÂt always happen, Tuter said. Police and the courts need to be ready for conÂ”icts that arise in the future. ÂWhat if the gun in the home belongs to someone else?ÂŽ Tuter said. The answer, in the law, is that the owner of the weapon must agree to store it where the subject of the order canÂt access it. If they donÂt, the guns have to be turned over. ÂI think it would be risky to leave those weapons behind,ÂŽ Tuter said. But expect legal challenges from gun owners whose weapons are conÂ“scated even though they have done nothing wrong, he said. Lawmakers also did not consider the privacy issues surrounding juveniles minors could have access to weapons at home, but they are typically not identiÂ“ed in public court documents unless they are charged with crimes as adults. Risk protection orders are civil motions, so juveniles should not be identiÂ“ed, Tuter said. But not identifying them would defeat the purpose of the orders and make then impossible to execute. ÂWe are in uncharted territory, with kids making threats over the internet,ÂŽ Tuter said. ÂI think if you threaten somebody, youÂve surrendered your right to privacy. Where that goes, higher courts than me will have to determine.ÂŽ Police ofÂ“cials said the meeting with Tuter helped them realize some of the challenges ahead. ÂIt looks like weÂre going to have to come up with some guidelines here,ÂŽ said Margate Police Chief Dana Watson. ÂWeÂre on new ground now.ÂŽGUNFROM PAGE 1 SFSC students named to All-Florida and Coca-Cola Academic TeamAVON PARK Â„ The Florida College System (FCS) has named six South Florida State College (SFSC) students to the 2018 All-Florida Academic Team. Each year, the FCS names an All-Florida Academic Team to honor students enrolled in FloridaÂs public state and community colleges for their academic achievement, leadership, and service to the community. The six SFSC students will be recognized, formally, at an awards ceremony on Friday, April 6 in Tampa. The SFSC students earning the recognition are Austin Beck, Anthony Burnett, Zachary Geitner, Danny Sustaita, Erika Weaver-Coleman, and Kevin Webb. They join 135 of their peers from the 28-member Florida College System in being named to the academic team. ÂWe are so pleased with the academic accomplishments of these six scholars from the Tau Epsilon Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa at South Florida State College,ÂŽ said Sonji Nicholas, PTK advisor and professor of sociology. ÂEach scholar gives credence to the idea that diligence in academic endeavors has many rewards. Being named as All-Florida Academic Team member is both an honor and a wonderful way to recognize and celebrate the dedication to academic excellence that each awardee has demonstrated while studying at SFSC. We are so proud of them!ÂŽ Students named to the All-Florida Academic Team were drawn from SFSCÂs Honors Program and the collegeÂs Tau Epsilon chapter of Phi Theta Kappa (PTK), an international academic honor society. In nominating students for the All-Florida Academic Team, colleges consider participation in academic honors programs, membership in and awards from collegiate societies, and academic enrichment gained from internships and special projects. Weaver-Coleman has also been named a 2018 Coca-Cola Academic Team Bronze Scholar and will receive a $1,000 scholarship. Phi Theta Kappa student members are nominated for the academic team by their college administrators. Selection is based on academic achievement, leadership, and engagement in college and community service. The Coca-Cola Academic Team Scholars will be recognized at the Phi Theta Kappa Annual Convention, April 19-21, in Kansas City, Missouri. The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation sponsors the Coco-Cola Academic Team program by recognizing students with nearly $200,000 in scholarships annually. Phi Theta Kappa is an honor society that recognizes the academic achievements of community and state college students and helps them to grow as scholars and leaders. The society is made up of more than 3.5 million members and nearly 1,300 chapters in nine nations. For more on Phi Theta Kappa, visit ptk.org. For more information about SFSCÂs Phi Theta Kappa chapter, contact Dr. Nicholas at 863-7847286. For information about SFSCÂs Honors Program, contact Charlotte Pressler, director, SFSC Honors Program, and professor of English and humanities, at 863-784-7247. SPECIAL TO HIGHLANDS NEWS-SUN COURTESY PHOTOAll-Florida Academic Team members, from left; Danny Sustaita, Anthony Burnett, Kevin Webb, Austin Beck, Erika Weaver-Coleman, and Zachary Geitner. PENSACOLA (AP) Â„ The young girl sat across from the little doggie Buster and read to him. Every few seconds, you would hear a ÂWoof Woof.ÂŽ Not from laid-back Buster an 11-year-old Bichon Frise. But from 10-year-old Chancey Cogley. ÂWoof Woof,ÂŽ she said, reading from the childrenÂs book ÂBiscuit Takes a Walk.ÂŽ ÂItÂs Grandpa.ÂŽ Then, she continued with the short story of the Â“ctional dog Biscuit taking a walk with Â“ctional grandpa. Just a few minutes earlier, Chancey was reading another story to a 2-year-old basset hound named Poppy on Saturday at the Tryon Branch Library, part of the West Florida Public Libraries system. Chancey has read to the dogs many times before, as sheÂs practically grown up participating in the Pet Partners ÂRead With MeÂŽ literary program, which allows children to read to therapy dogs. ÂThis program has been part of her life since she was six months old,ÂŽ said her father, Casey Cogley. ÂShe grew up with this program.ÂŽ Pet Partners is an international organization that strives to improve the health and well-being of people by allowing them to bond with animals. The group uses animals mostly dogs to help people in nursing homes, schools, veterans groups and others to form that dog-human bond. The group has been visiting area libraries since 2008. All dogs are with their owners/handlers and are on a leash. Pet Partners animals and their human volunteers undergo speciÂ“c training before being sent out into the Â“eld. Library employee Michelle Cogley is ChanceyÂs mother and is program organizer one reason her daughter has been reading to dogs for most of her life. Cogley said anywhere from a half-dozen to 20 or so children with parents and guardians, of course show up for each Pet Partners session. ÂIÂve seen kids come in afraid of dogs,ÂŽ she said, recounting the story of one boy who made monthly visits with his cousin. ÂWhen he Â“rst came, he wouldnÂt even come in the door.ÂŽ It took the boy six months to get comfortable enough where he would sit next to his cousin during the reading sessions. Soon, the boy was reading to the dog. A month later, Âhe even touched the dog,ÂŽ Cogley said. Little Gracie Kennedy, 6, sat down on the soft mat next to Buster to read him the childrenÂs story ÂOne is EnoughÂŽ about being an only child. (Gracie is not.)Children cuddle up and read with therapy dogsBy TROY MOONPENSACOLA NEWS JOURNAL JOHN BLACKIE/ PENSACOLA NEWS JOURNAL This March 17 photo shows Nicole Louie listening to her niece, Gracie Kennedy, 6, read to Buster during the Pet Partners Read With Me program at the Tryon Branch Library in Pensacola. The program is a special initiative to promote literacy and instill a lifelong love of reading by having children read to therapy animals. This March 17 photo shows Gracie Kennedy, 6, holding a book she read to Buster during the Pet Partners Read With Me program at the Tryon Branch Library in Pensacola. The program is a special initiative to promote literacy and instill a lifelong love of reading by having children read to therapy animals. 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Monday, April 2, 2018 | HIGHLANDS NEWS-SUN | A9 www.highlandsnewssun.com Dyson wins at Road AtlantaPanthers roll past St. PetersburgMatos claims initial TA2 victoryHolds off Francis to take victory in TA classSFSC baseball squad in good shape after series sweepDriver says he learned plenty from Sebring raceRoad racing veteran Chris Dyson secured his Â“rst career Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli victory in the TA class today at Road Atlanta. Dyson was joined in the celebrations by Randy Kinsland, who secured his second consecutive TA3 class Road Atlanta win following the conclusion of the multiclass competition. Dyson began the race in second position in the No. 20 Plaid/ CD Racing Ford Mustang but overtook pole sitter Ernie Francis, Jr., defending TA class champion and driver of the No. 98 Frameless Shower Doors Ford Mustang, before turn one of the 40-lap, 101.6-mile race around the 2.54-mile Road Atlanta circuit. While Dyson continued in the lead, Francis would fall back to fourth by lap three, with David Pintaric, in the No. 57 Kryderacing Cadillac CTS-V, and Simon Gregg, in the No. 59 Derhaag Motorsports Chevrolet Corvette, in pursuit. Over the passing laps Francis climbed, taking third position on lap 15 and second on lap 21, then settling into close pursuit of Dyson. Contact between Francis and Dyson on the 37th lap saw both cars spin and Francis take the lead; however, stewards ruled the contact avoidable on the part of Francis and ordered the AVON PARK Â„ The Â“rst rule about making the post season is not to talk about making the post season and for the South Florida State College Panther baseball team, they are sticking to the script even though there is an air of excitement about this yearÂs team. After completing the Â“rst half of games in the Suncoast Conference with a three game sweep of the St Petersburg Titans, the Panthers Â“nd themselves with a 21-18 overall record and one game out of second place in the conference with an 8-7 record. The Panthers completed their sweep of the Titans on Saturday afternoon with a 12-1 win that ended in the bottom of the eighth off a grand slam by Franco Camacho. ÂThe guys did a good job, St Pete is a very good club, very talented,ÂŽ said SFSC coach Rick Hitt. ÂBut we found a way to win three and that is really difÂ“cult to do in our conference, proud of our guys. ÂToday we were a little up and down, in the pitching department, we just got to be more consistent. More consistent on defense and on the mound and not just once a week, we cannot expect to score 12 runs on a regular basis, it just does not happen in our league.ÂŽ The Panthers took the lead in the bottom of the second after Pedro Castellano led off the inning with a single and stole second base. Castellano later scored on a sacriÂ“ce Â”y by Camacho to give the Panthers a 1-0 lead. Hitt was referring to having to take starter Edwin Serrano out in the third inning after a pair of walks, a hit batter and a wild pitch culminated in a run for the Titans to tie the game at 1. Kyle Choate came in relief to pitch three scoreless TodayAvon Park boys tennis at Lake Wales, 4 p.m. TuesdayOkeechobee girls tennis at Lake Placid, 4 p.m. Sebring girls tennis at Lake Region, 4 p.m. Bartow boys tennis at Sebring, 4 p.m. Okeechobee boys tennis at Lake Placid, 4 p.m. Lake Placid softball at Ft. Meade, 7 p.m. Avon Park softball at McKeel, 4 p.m. Sebring baseball at Okeechobee, 7 p.m. McKeel baseball at Avon Park, 7 p.m. Okeechobee flag football at Lake Placid, 7 p.m. Vero Beach flag football at Sebring, 6:30 p.m. Avon Park flag football at Pahokee, 7 p.m. Hillsborough softball at SFSC (2), 5 p.m. WednesdaySoutheastern baseball at SFSC, 6 p.m. ThursdayAuburndale girls tennis at Sebring, 4 p.m. Lake Wales girls tennis at Avon Park, 4 p.m. Avon Park track at Lake Placid, 5 p.m. Lake Placid baseball at Frostproof, 7 p.m. Avon Park softball at Ft. Meade, 7 p.m. Glades Central flag football at Lake Placid, 7 p.m. Sebring flag football at Avon Park, 7:30 p.m. SFSC softball at State College of Florida (2), 5 p.m. FridayLake Placid girls tennis at Hardee, 4 p.m. Sebring boys tennis at Lake Wales, 4 p.m. Dunbar softball at Lake Placid, 7 p.m. Lake Wales softball at Sebring, 6:30 p.m. Dunbar baseball at Lake Placid, 7 p.m. Sebring baseball at Auburndale, 7 p.m. Avon Park baseball at Tenoroc, 7 p.m. SaturdaySebring boys weightlifting at state (Panama City Beach), 11:30 a.m. Hillsborough baseball at SFSC, 1 p.m. Monday, April 9Tenoroc softball at Lake Placid, 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 10Sebring girls tennis at Avon Park, 4 p.m. Avon Park boys tennis at Sebring, 4 p.m. Sebring flag football at Lake Placid, 7:30 p.m. Avon Park flag football at Okeechobee, 7:30 p.m. Avon Park baseball at Sebring, 7:30 p.m. Lake Placid baseball at Clewiston, 7 p.m. Lake Placid softball at Sebring, TBARafa Matos captured his Â“rst career Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli victory today at Road Atlanta in the TA2 Muscle Car Challenge powered by AEM. Matos, making his seventh start in the No. 88 3-Dimensional Services Group Chevrolet Camaro, secured what had proven to be an allusive win through a second-to-last lap pass over Justin Haley during the 40-lap, 101.6-mile contest. Haley would Â“nish second while Tony Buffomante captured third. Matos began the race in Â“fth position but took lead of the 25-car TA2 Â“eld by lap four. The No. 88 held the lead into the raceÂs single, full-course caution on lap 13, for oil on the racing line, and through the restart on lap 19. Justin Haley, pole sitter and driver of the No. 99 Fraternal Order of Eagles Ford Mustang, would overtake Matos for the lead on lap 27. Matos would pursue Haley for the remainder of the race with the duo separating themselves from the rest of the TA2 Â“eld by several seconds. While working the tail end of the 37th lap, the No. 99 of Haley was held up by the No. 13 of Matt Parent, running a lap behind, on the exit of turn 12, allowing Matos to make a pass for the lead in turn 12Â„ a lead SPECIAL TO HIGHLANDS NEWS-SUNBY JIM TAYLORCORRESPONDENTSPECIAL TO HIGHLANDS NEWS-SUN JIM TAYLOR/CORRESPONDENTSFSCÂs Franco Camacho (13) steps on home plate as he is greeted by teammates after hitting a game ending grand slam home run.CHRIS CLARK/TRANS AM PHOTORafa Matos won the Trans Am TA2 race at Road Atlanta on Saturday. LOCAL SPORTSVICTORY | 10 ALLEN MOODY/STAFFErnie Francis Jr. rounds Turn 1 at Sebring International Raceway.DYSON | 10 LOCAL SPORTS CALENDAR SFSCÂs Brett Norwood hits a single into right eld in the eighth inning against St Petersburg.PANTHER | 10

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A10 | HIGHLANDS NEWS-SUN | Monday, April 2, 2018 www.highlandsnewssun.comand hitless innings. Three base hits by the Panther in the bottom of the third, coupled with two errors by the Titans resulted in four runs crossing the plate. Brett Norwood drove in the Â“rst run with a triple and later scored on a single by P.J. Cimo to give the Panthers a 3-1 lead. Camacho and A.J. Drisdom each drove in a run with singles to expand the Panther lead to 5-1 after three innings. The Panthers added another run in the seventh to take a 6-1 lead. Cestellano doubled to lead off the inning and later scored on a sacriÂ“ce Â”y by Camacho, his third of the game at that point. In the bottom of the eighth, Blaise Maris and Norwood led off the inning with singles. A hit batter loaded the bases and two walks brought in two run to make the score 8-1. Camacho then hit a screaming shot over the left-Â“eld fence for a walk off grand slam home run to end the game with the Panthers winning 12-1 and Camacho driving in a game high seven runs. ÂWe are right in thick of things,ÂŽ said Hitt Âbut we told the guys in the beginning of the year that we are not even going to talk about the post season, instead we are going to concentrate on the process of every game. ÂSecond half of the conference season starts next week and hopefully it will give us an opportunity to play well. When the last out of the last game is recorded, we will look up and see where that takes us.ÂŽ The Panthers will play Southeastern University at home on Wednesday in a non-conference game before starting the second round of conference play on Saturday at home against Hillsborough Community College, which will be a battle for second place in the conference.PANTHERSFROM PAGE 9 JIM TAYLOR/CORRESPONDENTSFSCÂs Blaise Maris rounds second and heads to third base on a single hit into right eld by Brett Norwood. he wouldnÂt relinquish. ÂI feel speechless,ÂŽ said Matos. ÂWhen Doug Peterson Â“rst gave me the opportunity to run in this car, I had high expectations. To put the 3-Dimensional Services Group, Coleman Motorsports Camaro on top of the podium, Â“nally, itÂs like a dream come true. WeÂve had really good runs, but weÂve never been able to get to the top spot. It feels like I Â“nally got the monkey off my back, and IÂm very happy Â„ I think after this win, it will be a little bit easier to get the next one.ÂŽ MatosÂ victory came in similar circumstance to Mike MillerÂs pass for the lead, and win, at Sebring International Raceway over Matos, who had led the entirety of the Florida contest, just weeks ago. While Matos fell victim to lapped trafÂ“c in Round 1, he found opportunity in Atlanta for Round 2. ÂI learned from Sebring,ÂŽ said Matos. ÂI deÂ“nitely learned form Sebring. I conserved my tires all race long, I conserved by brakes, I studied Justin (Haley) a lot. I studied where I was quicker than himÂ„ our car was very fast in the inÂ“eld but he had more power in a straight line. I was, kind of, happy in second position Â„ it would have given us the points lead Â„ but when he caught lapped trafÂ“c I was able to pass.ÂŽ Despite being unable to retake the lead, Haley brought home the No. 99 in relative comfort for his sixth career TA2 podium. Tony Buffomante, in the No. 34 Mike Cope Racing Ford Mustang, captured thirdÂ„ emerging on the podium after a race-long battle with Marc Miller and Misha Goikhberg. VICTORYFROM PAGE 9 position be given back to Dyson with two laps remaining. Francis would yield to Dyson with the later retaking the lead. The No. 20 and No. 98 would run nose-to-tail for the remainder of the race, with Dyson holding off Francis for the win. The win is the Â“rst for Dyson and the recently formed CD Racing team, announced only 30 days ago after a busy week of testing before Sebring. ÂFrom where we started a month ago, IÂm thrilled to be here,ÂŽ said Dyson. ÂIÂm thrilled to be in the Series it has a tremendous heritage and IÂm honored to come here to one of my favorite tracks Â„ Road Atlanta. For us to win our second time out really puts us in good shape in the points battle; we went head-to-head, straight up, with Francis, Jr., whoÂs the benchmark. We were fortunate to come out on top Â„ I know weÂre going to have hard Â“ghts all year, and IÂm really looking forward it.ÂŽ While Dyson did not campaign for the stewardsÂ decision, he was pleased with the outcome and anticipates clean, hard racing between himself and Francis for the remainder of the year. ÂIt was a judgment call from the stewards,ÂŽ said Dyson. ÂI wasnÂt on the radio complaining about it; frankly, I let them make those calls. Ernie and I are going to race hard all year, and IÂm sure there are going to be moments like that Â„ you just hope they donÂt affect race outcomes. But this is racing and sometimes the stewards have to sort things out and thatÂs what they did today. It was a good hard Â“ght, and IÂm sure we can run hard and clean for the rest of the year. This is our Â“rst race with Plaid on the car and to win here near their headquarters with a lot of guests here, itÂs a pretty special moment for us.ÂŽ Francis would Â“nish second, his sixth consecutive podium Â“nish. Simon Gregg would complete the TA podium in third, his Â“rst podium appearance since Round 11 of the 2017 season. Tim Rubright, in the No. 77 BlueKnobAuto.com Ford Mustang, Â“nished a TA class career best fourth, while David Pintaric completed the TA class top Â“ve. DYSONFROM PAGE 9 ALLEN MOODY/STAFFChris Dyson, right, talks to his crew after nishing second at Sebring. He turned the tables on Ernie Francis Jr. to win SaturdayÂs Trans Am race at Road Atlanta. If thereÂs an air of superiority to these units, itÂs because theyÂre the quietest, most efÂ“cient models we make. 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CLASSIFIEDS, COMICS & PUZZLES INSIDE SECTION B Monday, April 2, 2018 Who should decide if your food is healthy? Do you think that the Food & Drug Administration should? Reason I ask is because this year, the FDA is going to become more involved in considering what ÂhealthyÂŽ means. They will also have input about the claims that food companies make. On the surface, this sounds absolutely reasonable. The ÂFDAÂŽ name itself implies that it should have some say about food, but IÂve noticed their track record and itÂs awful. Have you noticed that their interventions to fortify food donÂt work that well? When they fortify cereal with folic acid, thatÂs a synthetic form of vitamin B9. When they fortify milk with calcium, itÂs not a very good form and can cause stomach upset. Furthermore, I think that an agency thatÂs in charge of drugs, should not simultaneously be in charge of food! Unless perhaps you want to look forward to Prozac Popsicles and Requip Rice Krispies! If it wasnÂt so sad, it would be hilarious! Scott Gottlieb, who is the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, was speaking at the CNBC Healthy Returns Conference in New York a few days ago, and he looks like a nice, reasonable guy. I wish I could get a meeting with him! IÂd tell him that his prior attempts to help out with obesity are failing pathetically. His changes to the food industry intended to reduce the incidence of heart disease, diabetes and chronic illness arenÂt working. They wonÂt ever workÂƒ not until his agency stops the genetic modiÂ“cation of our food and the spraying of it with hundreds of hormone-disrupting pesticides. Why donÂt you start prioritizing that, hmm? The FDAÂs intention is noble, but do we want to let the same people who sanction margarine dictate whatÂs ÂhealthyÂŽ now? TheyÂre working towards making food manufacturers create an icon or symbol on all their labeling in order to meet new deÂ“nitions of Âhealthy.ÂŽ But food makers cheat, not all of them, but for sure some of them are failing to disclose additives, MSG and bug parts. The industry is not the most ethical sort, and I some will just stamp the new icon on their labels without doing anything to make it Âhealthier.ÂŽ And youÂll pay more for the pretty (but meaningless) badge on the label. As the expression goes, ÂYou canÂt put lipstick on a pig.ÂŽ If you sense my frustration itÂs because IÂve worked very hard my entire life, not just to purchase real food, but to cook authentically healthy meals, the kind that automatically come with nutrition. No icon needed! If you want ÂhealthyÂŽ food, donÂt look for boxes with an icon! Shop around the perimeter of the grocery store or go to a FarmerÂs Market and buy organic when possible. DonÂt rip open a box that has an ingredient list of 45 things you canÂt even pronounce, and then shove it in the oven just because some agency stuck an icon it. Suzy Cohen is a registered pharmacist and the author of ÂThe 24-Hour PharmacistÂ and ÂReal Solutions.Â For more information, visit www.suzycohen.com.This information is not intended to prevent, treat, diagnose or cure your condition. Always check with your doctor before following any medical advice.The FDA might be feeding you foolishness Dear PharmacistSUZY COHEN SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. Â„ A migraine is much more than just a bad headache. Migraine symptoms, which can be debilitating for many people, are the sixth leading cause of disability, according to the World Health Organization. While there is no cure, a new study published in Cephalalgia journal in March shows single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation is a new way to prevent migraine attacks. ItÂs safe, easy to use and noninvasive. Researchers at Mayo Clinic and other major academic headache centers across the U.S. recently conducted the study that examined the effectiveness of using a single-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation device to prevent migraine attacks. The eNeura SpringTMS Post-Market Observational U.S. Study of Migraine study, also known as ESPOUSE, instructed participants to self-administer four pulses with the device in the morning and four pulses at night over three months to prevent Study: Device can help prevent migraine attacksMAYO CLINIC NEWS NETWORK (TNS)DEVICE | 5 LAKE PLACID Â„ With 6,000 people in Highlands County suffering from AlzheimerÂs disease, the need for education, support groups and resources is tremendous, and that need created an overwhelming response to the recent dementia conference held March 22 at the Lake Placid Genesis Center. Approximately 200 attendees and vendors participated in the event, and participants received information about a wide array of support services offered locally and from the AlzheimerÂs Association Gulf Coast Chapter. According to the AlzheimerÂs Association, AlzheimerÂs is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States, and 5.7 million Americans are living with the disease. Every 65 seconds someone is diagnosed with AlzheimerÂs. Sadly, while deaths from other illnesses are decreasing, death rates from AlzheimerÂs are increasing. Support for people with AlzheimerÂs disease and their caregivers is desperately needed. Julie Shatzer, vice president of programs at the AlzheimerÂs Association, said, ÂOne in Â“ve caregivers have neglected their own health while caring for people with this disease.ÂŽ Dr. Catherine Cruikshank educated the audience about warning signs for AlzheimerÂs disease. When someoneÂs language changes Â„ such as missing words, forgetting the words for things, or forming letters on a page Â„ that can be a sign of the disease. Other signs are having difÂ“culty with ordinary tasks such as putting away laundry, doing dishes or becoming disoriented while driving. In addition, people with Living with AlzheimerÂsBy MELISSA MAINCORRESPONDENTDementia conference offers patients, caregivers plenty of information MELISSA MAIN/ CORRESPONDENTFusion representative, Arielle Collier, explained the full range of services oered, which include nursing, social workers, and psychiatric nursing. Dr. Catherine Cruikshank, director of education for the AlzheimerÂs Association, informed the attendees about the warning signs of AlzheimerÂs disease.DEMENTIA | 9 SEBRING Â„ Dr. Raisa Camilo said it is a Âbig dealÂŽ that Sun ÂN Lake Medical Group has been recognized as a Patient-Centered Medical Home. The recognition came from the National Committee for Quality Assurance, which is a private, not-for-proÂ“t organization dedicated to improving health care quality. Since it was founded in 1990, NCQAÂs contribution to the health care system is regularly measured in the form of statistics that track the quality of care delivered by the nationÂs health plans. ÂŽThatÂs the gold standard,ÂŽCamilo said. ÂWhen you say you are a medical home, it is a prestige in quality of care.ÂŽ According to the organization, the Patient-Centered Medical Home is a model of primary care that combines teamwork and information technology to improve care, improve patientsÂ experience of care and reduce costs. Medical homes encourage ongoing partnerships between patients and their personal clinicians instead of approaching care as the sum of episodic ofÂ“ce visits. Each patientÂs care is overseen by clinician-led teams that New recognition is a Âbig dealÂ for medical groupSPECIAL TO HIGHLANDS NEWS-SUNÂThis is a goal we achieved together as a team.ÂŽÂ„ Dr. Raisa Camilo GROUP | 5ÂFor certain patients, treatment options for migraines, such as oral medications, are not eective, well-tolerated or preferredÂŽÂ„ Dr. Amaal Starling M.D. Mayo Clinic neurologist

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B2 | HIGHLANDS NEWS-SUN | Monday, April 2, 2018 www.highlandsnewssun.com I love living in an agricultural community. Grading an assignment for a nutrition class I teach to nursing students, I got this answer to instructions for students to take their body measurements and assess their health risks: ÂI found each of my measurements, which took some time and dedication as I could not Â“nd a single tape measure or measuring tape in my house, so after some digging in the barn, I had to settle for a horse measuring tape. I now know how many hands tall I am (horses are measured in ÂhandsÂŽ which is just four inches).ÂŽ We sometimes Â“nd answers that may surprise us. And that may be the case with eggs. For the Â“rst time in decades, the latest Dietary Guidelines for Americans no longer recommend that we limit our intake of cholesterol to 300 milligrams a day. (One egg yolk contains about 180 milligrams of cholesterol.) Instead, these experts tell us to limit saturated fat (eggs are low in this type of fat) and Âeat as little dietary cholesterol as possible while consuming a healthy eating pattern.ÂŽ In other words, our heart health appears to depend less on whether we eat eggs or not and more on the company they keep. ThereÂs a big difference, for example, between a breakfast of eggs, whole grain toast, low fat yogurt and fruit and one that features eggs, sausage, biscuits and gravy. Eggs have long scored the highest of all protein foods in quality and digestibility. Each egg contains all the essential amino acids to build every type of protein our bodies need. One amino acid is leucine Â„ a powerful stimulant for building muscle tissue. And eggs are cheap (cheep cheep) compared to most other sources of protein. Besides protein, eggs are packed with 13 essential nutrients (meaning they are absolutely needed for our bodies to function). According to the Egg Nutrition Center www.eggnutritioncenter. org, eggs are one of very few foods that contain vitamin D naturally. And these compact nutrition powerhouses also provide choline, a nutrient involved with brain development during pregnancy plus memory and mood functions as we get older. And hereÂs a surprise: DonÂt toss the yolks. ThatÂs where most of the nutrients in eggs reside, including vitamin D, choline and antioxidant substances. Also more than 40 percent of the protein in eggs is found in the yolk.A new look at eggsBy BARBARA QUINN THE MONTEREY COUNTY HERALD (TNS)Hearing is important. It is important that you keep stimulating your brain with sounds and information. When you have a hearing loss, your brain goes into a fog. ItÂs harder for you to carry on a conversation. Having a hearing loss affects your ability to remember details. After all, you canÂt remember something you never heard in the Â“rst place. Recently, after performing a hearing evaluation and consultation (which included a full demonstration), I had a patient say to me, ÂI am just not ready to get a hearing aid.ÂŽ When asked why he wasnÂt ready, he simply stated, ÂI donÂt need to hear this well.ÂŽ He further went on to state that he doesnÂt have problems with noise because he chooses not to go to noisy places. As I dug deeper into this discussion I asked if his wife likes to go out to eat. Apparently she does, but they donÂt because Âshe knows itÂs best if he is not out in noisy places.ÂŽ Hmm.... At this point I simulated a noisy restaurant and had his wife speak to him while blocking her face so he had no visual cues. He understood every word with our hearing instruments programmed for his prescription. Upon asking him if he wouldnÂt like to be able to take his wife out with friends and family and enjoy life more fully, he answered, ÂNo. Not really.ÂŽ Why? Why? Why ... what was the hold up? This guy was different. Both ears had pretty much the same loss. He told us he had problems understanding 30 percent of the time. His mom passed away in her 70s from AlzheimerÂs so there is a genetic link that leaving his hearing loss untreated may contribute to the development of the disease. Even though this was explained to him he still ÂdidnÂt need to hear this well.ÂŽ Our job is to make sure he is hearing healthy. His wife shared that his mom never could hear with her hearing aids. That his mom always complained of background noise. Maybe thatÂs it? Comparing his problems with hers? At that point the demonstration got very indepth for different types of noise situations. He was impressed. He was intrigued, he said. So was he ready? He asked his wife a simple question: ÂWhat do you think I should do?ÂŽ She said, ÂWhatever you want to do.ÂŽ Now, this happens often. It doesnÂt matter if it is the wife or the husband. They donÂt want to feel like they are forcing them into a decision. This time something different happened. (This is such an interesting profession). This time the patient said, ÂSee, she doesnÂt care if I hear better or not. She is Â“ne with our social life just the way it is.ÂŽ I just looked at her. She was dumbfounded. She replied, ÂAre you kidding me?!ÂŽ After some lengthy conversation, it was Â“nally discovered that he felt bad about dipping into their savings for something that he felt was only a beneÂ“t to himself. He also really wanted the smallest invisible instruments that wouldnÂt show but he knew the batteries donÂt last as long, so again he felt like he was spending more Âmoney on himself.ÂŽ Hearing is important. Not just for yourself, but also for your friends, family, co-workers, customers, teammates, casual acquaintances and even your pets. Keep your brain and your loved ones brain healthy and happy. To hear better is to live better ... for everyone. Roseann B. 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Monday, April 2, 2018 | HIGHLANDS NEWS-SUN | B3 www.highlandsnewssun.com When I was a medical student, I spent some time at QueenÂs Square, a well-known neurologic hospital in London. They were just Â“nishing up testing of the EMI (yes, the same people who brought you the Beetles) scanner. It only did heads and at least one of the professors said it would Ânever catch on!ÂŽ The English may have invented it, but the Americans ran with it and it became what we now call the CT scanner. The CT scanner is very good at structure. For heads, it was miles ahead of the old painful tests requiring injection of air or dye into the ventricles of the brain to look for abnormalities. The CT uses X-ray to study structures throughout the body. It is especially valuable for bone. Instead of the X-ray beam going through the tissue and making a picture on a Â“lm, the computer analyzes the beam and makes the picture. It can make the pictures in ÂslicesÂŽ and by looking at each slice the doctor has a better idea of what a fracture or bone tumor looks like. The newer models make 3-D images that can be rotated, and some can even produce in a plastic polymer what each bone fragment looks like. This is very helpful when trying to repair a broken pelvis or heel bone. The doctor can see what each piece looks like and how to Â“t them back together before taking the patient to the operating room. The MRI came next. This is a technology I used in grad school to analyze big organic molecules. In a magnetic Â“eld, the hydrogen atoms that exist in all organic tissues change their spin by what (for example carbon rings) is next to them. The computer takes this information and converts it to pictures very similar to those seen in the CT Âslices.ÂŽ Soft tissues appear more clearly in this scan. The drawback is that it is a very strong magnetic Â“eld so patients with pacemakers and some types of metal near the area being studied cannot safely have the scans. With both the CT and MRI, some areas, such as the colon and kidneys, can have the pictures enhanced by the use of contrast materials (dye) that is swallowed or injected in a vein. The newest tool is the PET scan. This looks at function rather than structure. It is often used with a CT or MRI scan. The PET scan is used for brain disorders, such as AlzheimerÂs or epilepsy, to look for some cancers or to study the blood Â”ow to the heart. A short lived radioactive tracer is tagged on to a substance that the target organ uses. For example, tagged glucose is used to study cancers because cancerous tissue uses glucose differently than normal tissue. The radioactive material is injected in a vein and after about an hour the scan is done. The radiation exposure is about the same as for the CT scan. 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B4 | HIGHLANDS NEWS-SUN | Monday, April 2, 2018 www.highlandsnewssun.com There are many beneÂ“ts from a regular yoga practice, especially building strength in the muscles, tissues, tendons, core and the internal organs, as well as reinforcing mental acuity. The best way to afÂ“rm these beneÂ“ts is to ask for comments from those who are practicing yoga for strength training. Today, we go to those people taking yoga at GoldÂs Gym for their assessment of their personal practice and their recommendations regarding yoga as Âstrength training.ÂŽ In an article on power lifters, one person said a pet peeve he has observed is people performing reps not using their full range of motion with every lift. In yoga, Ârange of motionÂŽ is very important to lengthen muscles. In yoga we use the termÂŽ lengthenÂŽ rather than ÂstretchingÂŽ as lengthening comes from concentrating internally with awareness of what the muscles are doing as well as controlling momentum initiated from within. In body building, weights build bulk, which means shorter and tightened muscles. David Best, a muscular bodybuilder who takes the GoldÂs Gym yoga class along with his wife, Trish, says, ÂYoga does help lengthen muscles that complements body building.ÂŽ Trish Best says yoga helps her to Ârelease tensionÂŽ along with deep breathing and works on alignment of the bones/ muscles/spine especially in her well-executed favorite, ÂPigeon Pose.ÂŽ Trish also teaches yoga to kids at her school. Agreeing with his fellow Âyoginis,ÂŽ David Brimley, who teaches ÂspinningÂŽ at GoldÂs, emphasizes that ÂYoga improves every other exercise that you do.ÂŽ A new to yoga student, Rose Bleiweiss, does yoga to improve muscle control that complements other physical workouts in which she participates. For her Â“rst class with these experienced practitioners who also offered their assistance, she succeeded in moving forward with great skill in doing various new postures. All agree that yoga carries over into a daily individual practice. Basil Worrell, a substitute teacher, says, it Âcontributes to focus when working out for strength training and muscle building.ÂŽ As a bodybuilder he does yoga to help him Âlengthen muscles which makes it easier to move.ÂŽ Big, tall George Villa, a longtime yoga practitioner and bodybuilder, stresses how yoga improves his balance. George inspires others to keep working on concentration to improve postures, as balance is an important factor both in weight lifting and yoga. Jenny Martin, new to Highlands County, improves her grace and mobility as well as growing stronger in her yoga practice One of the yoga strength training postures is theÂPlank Pose,ÂŽ which lengthens the core and side bodies as you balance on the forearms with legs extended long Â„ Â”at on the mat Â„ then lifted in a long straight line. This posture opens the collar bones and shoulder blades to build upper body strength. Not only does ÂPlank PoseÂŽ awaken the upper body but it also activates the obliques and increases overall Â”exibility. Yoga practice is personal. If you take a class, the support of others will further your progress as everyone is on a different level and working on their own development at their own pace which is wonderful! It has been extremely rewarding and so much fun to work with the bodybuilders who teach me new knowledge each week about their skills. It is also fun to have new yoga students integrate into the class and discover that you do not have to be an advanced bodybuilder to join us on Friday evenings. Thanks to all of you for your inspiration. Strength training through yoga Guest ColumnistNANCY DALE YOGA CLASSES:Monday, 10 a.m.-11 a.m.; Wednesday 5:30 -6:30 p.m. CHAKRA MEDITATION: ÂThe ThroatÂŽ-Self-expression and being heard April 9 at 5:30 p.m., Intuitive Massage and Wellness Fridays: 56-p.m. GoldÂs Gym (walk-ins welcome) All levels of yoga Flotation Therapy, also known as sensory deprivation therapy, was founded in the United States by Dr. John C. Lilly in 1954. Lilly was a neuropsychiatrist who wished to study how sensory deprivation affected the brain. Some benefits his research showed from this therapy was a reduction of stress, relief from pain, and feeling more positive and optimistic about life. This led to float therapy being used commercially, starting in 1972. While float therapy spread throughout America, it exploded in Europe where more research and technology has advanced float therapy as it is seen today. The basic concept of float therapy is a fiberglass tub filled with about 11 inches of water and anywhere between 1,000 and 1,500 pounds of salt. The water is heated and kept at standing 96 degrees, which is around the same temperature of a personÂs skin. This takes away the sense of touch which allows a person to feel completely weightless as if they were floating in mid-air. Float tanks come in all shapes and sizes from an egg-shaped pod to a small eight by six-foot room. Music and different types of lighting can be added to the therapy to help new floaters feel more comfortable. Another enhancement was changing the use of salt for floating to Epsom Salt. Research has shown that Epsom Salt, or magnesium sulfate, has even more beneficial properties than regular salt. Some benefits from soaking in Epsom Salt alone are: pain relief from muscle cramps, better functioning of muscles and nerves, helps prevent hardening of arteries and blood clots, makes insulin more effective, and eliminates toxins from the body. One hour of Float Therapy can have the equivalence of four hours of R.E.M., rapid eye movement, sleep. This is the deepest state in the sleep cycle where the body rests and repairs the most. Duke University did a study on brain cell rejuvenation and the research showed that prolonged absolute silence will allow the brain to produce more brain cells. In combining the health benefits from soaking in Epsom Salt water and Sensory Deprivation Therapy, frequent Float Therapy can rid the body of pain plus help it function better, heal faster, and improve the overall wellbeing of a person in mind, body, and spirit. Float therapy is now offered in Highlands County. 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Monday, April 2, 2018 | HIGHLANDS NEWS-SUN | B5 www.highlandsnewssun.comcoordinate treatment across the health care system. The organization claims research shows that medical homes can lead to higher quality and lower cost and can improve patient and provider reported experiences of care. Healthcare Effective Data and Information Set (HEDIS) is a tool used by more than 90 percent of AmericaÂs plans to measure performance on important dimensions of care and service. HEDIS consists of 94 measures across seven domains of care. The current set addresses preventive services, chronic disease management, behavioral health care, appropriateness/ overuse of services and value. The measures are included for diseases such as asthma, diabetes, heart disease and depression as well as preventable hospitalizations and patient satisfaction. Camilo said they are making a special commitment to continue to review their processes and the quality of services. ÂNot only for the patients, it is also for ourself,ÂŽ she said. ÂContinued learning, continued improvement...For example, improve the time management so that the patient wonÂt have to wait too long,ÂŽ she said. Camilo said it takes extra effort, time and coordination. She added that they have meetings every day to discuss what the plan is for that day. Kady Pryde, physician assistant, said Sun ÂN Lake Medical Group has more accountability than other practices. ÂThey (NCQA) are watching us more closely,ÂŽ Pryde said. Denise Palacios, physician assistant, said a representative of NCQA visited Sebring several times and went over patient charts. Palacios said the person met with members of the staff, and they put policies and procedures into place in sort of a handbook Âso everything is the sameÂŽ and everything is in writing. ÂThen they give you a Â“nal score,ÂŽ Palacios said. ÂBased off that Â“nal score is whether they determine if you qualify for (Patient-Centered) Medical Home.ÂŽ Camilo, who thinks Sun ÂN Lake Medical Group is the only practice in Highlands County to receive the recognition, said they were willing to go through the process that took a year. The organization described the review as Ârigorous and comprehensive.ÂŽ ÂThis is a goal we achieved together as a team,ÂŽ Camilo said. The doctor said they are Âvery proudÂŽ and excited about the recognition. ÂWe love what we do, we love our community, we love our patients,ÂŽ she said. To celebrate, the doctor said T-shirts with the seal from the organization that says SNL is a recognized practice are going to be ordered. She added that they will be renting a room in a restaurant for an event to honor the staff. GROUPFROM PAGE 1 and treat migraine attacks as needed. Spring TMS stands for Spring Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation or sTMS. ÂThe migraine brain is hyperexcitable, and basic science studies have demonstrated modulation of neuronal excitability with this treatment modality,ÂŽ says Amaal Starling, M.D., a Mayo Clinic neurologist, who is Â“rst author of the study. ÂOur study demonstrated that the four pulses emitted from this device twice daily reduce the frequency of headache days by about three days per month, and 46 percent of patients had at least 50 percent or less migraine attacks per month on the treatment protocol. This data is clinically signiÂ“cant. Based on the current study and prior studies in acute migraine attack treatment, sTMS not only helps to stop a migraine attack, but it also helps prevent them.ÂŽ ÂFor certain patients, treatment options for migraines, such as oral medications, are not effective, well-tolerated or preferred,ÂŽ Starling adds. 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B6 | HIGHLANDS NEWS-SUN | Monday, April 2, 2018 www.highlandsnewssun.com LEGAL NOTICES N O TI C E O F INTENT T O I SS UE PERMIT The Department of Environmental Protection gives notice of its intent to issue a permit to Lake Francis Senior Ski Team, LLC at 334 Cloverleaf Rd., Lake Placid, FL. 33852 t to install a public, seasonal (April Â… October) slalom course measuring approximately 850 feet by 75 feet consisting of 32 rubber buoys anchored at either end of the course by two (2) boat anchors. The course will be installed no less than 250 feet from and parallel to the shore line of Lake Francis, a Class III, Florida Waterbody adjacent to 126 Â… 218 Cloverleaf Rd, southwest corner of Lake Francis, offshore of Camp Clover Leaf 4-H camp and several single-famil y residences, Florida 33852, in Section 22, Township 36 South, Range 29 East in Highlands County. The Department will issue the environmental resource permit and letter of consent to use sovereign submerged lands, unless a timely petition for an administrative proceeding is filed pursuant to the provisions of Sections 120.569 and 120.57, F.S. The actual t erms of the letter of consent will be f ormally executed at a later date and shall include provisions for rents and such other provisions as normally are included in such letter of consent. On t he filing of a timely and sufficient petition, this action will not be final and effective until further order of the Department. Because the administra t ive hearing process is designed to for mulate final agency action, the hearing p rocess may result in a modification of the agency action or even denial of the application. The application file is available online and can be accessed through the DepartmentÂs Information Portal at: http://prodenv.dep.state.fl.us/Dep Nexus/public/electronicdocuments/ER P_355477/facility!search If you have any questions or are experiencing diffi c ulty viewing the electronic application, please call the South District Office a t 239-344-5600, or contact by e-mail a t SouthDistrict@floridadep.gov and refer ence DEP File No: 0355477-001 EI. A person whose substantial interests a re affected by the DepartmentÂs action may petition for an administrative proceeding (hearing) under Sections 120.569 and 120.57, F.S. Pursuant to Rule 28-106.201, F.A.C., a petition for an administrative hearing must contain the following information: (a) The name and address of each agency affected and each agencyÂs file or identification number, if known; (b) The name, address, any email add ress, any facsimile number, and tele phone number of the petitioner; the name, address, and telephone number of the petitionerÂs representative, if any, which shall be the address for service purposes during the course of the pro ceeding; and an explanation of how the petitionerÂs substantial interests are or will be affected by the agency determi nation; (c) A statement of when and how the petitioner received notice of the agency decision; (d) A statement of all disputed issues of material fact. If there are none, the petition must so indicate; (e) A concise statement of the ultimate facts alleged, including the specific facts that the petitioner contends warrant reversal or modification of the agencyÂs proposed action; (f) A statement of the specific rules or statutes that the petitioner contends re quire reversal or modification of th e agencyÂs proposed action, including an explanation of how the alleged facts relate to the specific rules or statutes; and (g) A statement of the relief sought by t he petitioner, stating precisely the action that the petitioner wishes the agency to take with respect to the agencyÂs proposed action. The petition must be filed (received by t he Clerk) in the Office of General Counsel of the Department at 3900 Commonwealth Boulevard, Mail Station 35, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3000. Also, a copy of the petition shall be mailed to the applicant at the address indicated above at the time of filing. In accordance with Rule 62110.106(3), F.A.C., petitions for an administrative hearing by the applicant must be filed within 14 days of receipt of this written notice. Petitions filed by a ny persons other than the applicant, and other than those entitled to written notice under Section 120.60(3), F.S., must be filed within 14 days of publication of the notice or within 14 days of receipt of the written notice, whichever occurs first. Under Section 120.60(3), F.S., however, any person who has asked the Department for notice of agency action may file a petition within 14 days of receipt of such notice, regardless of the date of publication. The f ailure to file a petition within the appropriate time period shall constitute a w aiver of that person's right to request an administrative determination (hearing) under Sections 120.569 and 120.57, F.S., or to intervene in this proceeding and participate as a party to it. Any subsequent intervention (in a proceeding initiated by another party) will be only at the discretion of the presiding officer upon the filing of a motion in compliance with Rule 28-106.205, F.A.C. Under Rule 62-110.106(4), F.A.C., a person whose substantial interests are affected by the DepartmentÂs action may also request an extension of time t o file a petition for an administrative hearing. The Department may, for good cause shown, grant the request for an extension of time. Requests for extension of time must be filed with the Office of General Counsel of the Department at 3900 Commonwealth S3 LEGAL NOTICES B ou l evar d M a il S tat i on 35 T a ll a h as see, Florida 32399-3000, before th e applicable deadline for filing a petition for an administrative hearing. A timely request for extension of time shall toll the running of the time period for filing a petition until the request is acted upon. Mediation is not available in this proceeding. The applicant, or any party within the meaning of Section 373.114(1)(a) or 373.4275, F.S., may also seek appel late review of this order before the Land and Water Adjudicatory Commission under Section 373.114(1) or 373.4275, F.S. Requests for review bef ore the Land and Water Adjudicatory Commission must be filed with the Secretary of the Commission and served on the Department within 20 days from t he date when this order is filed with the Clerk of the Department. April 2, 2018 FICTITIOUS NAME12 N O TI C E UNDER FICTITIOUS NAME LAW NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, pursuant to the provisions of the Fictitious Name Act, Section 865.09, Florida Statutes, as amended, intends to register with the Secretary of State of the State of Florida, the fictitious name of LAL A LAND in Highlands County, Florida, under which the undersigned is engaged or will engage in business at: 400 Breeze By Way, Sebring, F L 33875. That the party interested in said business enterprise is as follows: T RIPLE C STABLES, INC., a Floria corporation. Dated at Sebring, Highlands County, Florida, this 28th day of March, 2018. TRIPLE C STABLES, INC., a Florida corporation By: /s/ Terri L. Crutchfield Terri L. Crutchfield, President April 2, 2018 NOTICE TO CREDITORS20 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION File No. 2018-CP-000055 IN RE: ESTATE OF MARION K. MORRISON, Deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of MARION K. MORRISON, deceased, whose date of death was December 30, 2017, is pending in the Circuit Court for HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA, Probate Division, the address of which is 430 S. Commerce Ave, Se b ring, FL 33870. The names and ad dresses of the personal representative and the personal representativeÂs attor ney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or de mands against decedentÂs estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedentÂs estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OF THE FLORIDA PROBATE CODE WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENTÂS DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is March 26, 2018. Co-Personal Representatives: Ronnie C. Morrison 1474 Bearhill Rd. Randolph, VT 05060 Rickie C. Morrison 425 Sunbird Square Sebring, FL 33872 A ttorney for Personal Representative: Linda Bellomio Commons, Esq. Law Offices of Linda Bellomio Commons, P.A. Florida Bar Number: 0778346 E-mail: LCommons@aol.com P.O. Box 340261 Tampa, FL 33694 Tel: (813)679-3181 or (352)610-4416 Fax: (813)265-3010 March 26; April 2, 2018 IN THE C IR C UIT CO URT FOR HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION FILE NO. PC 18-102 Division Probate IN RE: ESTATE OF GERALD ALLEN HANSEN Deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of GERALD ALLEN HANSEN, deceased, whose date of death was January 18, 2018, is pending in the Circuit Court for HIGHLANDS County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 430 S. Commerce Avenue, Sebring, Florida 33870. The names f NOTICE TO CREDITORS20 an d a dd resses o f t h e persona l representative and the personal representative's attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent's estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent's estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT'S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this Notice is the 2nd day of April, 2018. Personal Representative: /s/ Beryll L. Hansen 114 Oak Grove Street Lake Placid, Florida 33852 Attorney for Personal Representative: / s/ Pamela Karlson Pamela T. Karlson, J.D., B.C.S., A ttorney Florida Bar Number: 0017957 KARLSON LAW GROUP, P.A. 301 Dal Hall Blvd. Lake Placid, FL 33852 Telephone: (863)465-5033 Fax: (863)465-6022 E-Mail: pam@karlsonlaw.com April 2, 9, 2018 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION FILE NO. PC 18-129 IN RE: ESTATE OF ZYLPHIA PICCOLA WHEELER, Deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of ZYLPHIA PICCOLA WHEELER, deceased, whose date of death was December 21, 2017, and whose social security number is XXX-XX7078, is pending in the Circuit Court for Highlands County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of w hich is 59 0 S. Commerce Avenue, Sebring, FL 33870. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representativeÂs attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedentÂs estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court WITHIN THE LATER OF 3 M ONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF TH E FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedentÂs estate must file their claims with this court W ITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN SECTION 733.702 OF THE FLOR IDA PROBATE CODE WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE A FTER THE DECEDENTÂS DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is March 26, 2018. Personal Representative: /s/ Harold Dennis Wheeler 3847 Edgewater Drive Sebring, FL 33872 / s/ Robert E. Livingston ROBERT E. LIVINGSTON Florida Bar No. 0031259 445 S. Commer ce Avenue Sebring, Florida 33870 Telephone: (863)385-5156 livingston@livingstonpa.com March 26; April 2, 2018 IN THE C IR C UIT CO URT FOR HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA PROBATE DIVISION FILE NO. 18-123 Division Probate IN RE: ESTATE OF TOMMIE P. ASHWORTH a/k/a TOMMIE LAFRAN A SHWORTH a/k/a TOMMIE ASHWORTH Deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS The administration of the estate of Tommie Lafran Ashworth de ceased, whose date of death was Sept ember 18, 2017 is pending in the Circuit Court for Highlands County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 590 South Commerce Avenue, Sebring, FL 33870. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representativesÂ attorney are set forth below. A ll creditors of the decedent and other p ersons having claims or demands against decedentÂs estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF 3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. A ll other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedentÂs estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERI ODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENTÂS DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this no tice is March 26, 2018. NOTICE TO CREDITORS20 Personal Representative: Jolene Bohanon 83 Fire Fly Lane Apt. 101 Franklin, NC 28734 Jocelyn K. Skipper SWAINE & HARRIS, P.A. A ttorneys for Personal Representative 425 South Commerce Avenue Sebring, FL 33870 Telephone: (863)385-1549 Florida Bar No. 0118430 E-Mail Address: j ocelyn@heartlandlaw.com March 26; April 2, 2018 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE22 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 10TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA CASE NO. 2013-CA-000735 SUNWEST MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC. Plaintiff, vs. SOTO, JOSEFA, et al Defendants. RE-NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to an Order or Final Judgment entered in Case No. 2013-CA-000735 of the Circuit Court of the 10TH Judicial Circuit in and for HIGHLANDS County, Florida, wherein S UNWEST MORT GAGE COMPANY, INC., is Plaintiff, and SOTO, JOSEFA, et al are Defendants, I will sell to the highest bidder for cash at, THE JURY ASSEMBLY R OOM IN THE BASEMENT AT COURTHOUSE, 430 COMMERCE AVENUE, SEBRING, FL 33870, at the hour of 11:00 A.M., on the 24th day of April, 2018, the following described proper ty: LOT 8, BLOCK 181, WOODLAWN TERRACE, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 1, PAGE 96, OF TH E PUBLIC RECORDS OF HIGHLANDS COUNTY, FLORIDA. Any person claiming an interest in the surplus from the sale, if any, other than the property owner as of the date of the lis pedens must file a claim within 60 days after the sale. DATED this 8th day of February, 2018. ROBERT W. GERMAINE Clerk Circuit Court By: /s/ Robyn P. Durrance Deputy Clerk IMPORTANT If you are a person with a disability w ho needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the Office of the Court A dministrator, 255 N. Broadway A venue, Bartow, Florida, 33830, 863534-4686 at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appeara nce is less than 7 days; if yo u are hearing or voice impaired, call 711. 34407.0645/SF April 2, 9, 2018 NOTICE OFSALE30 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE : M ac kli n Transport gives Notice of Foreclosure of Lien and intent to sell these vehicles on 4/13/2018 at 8:00 AM at 1002 W Cornell St, Avon Park, FL 33825 pursuant to subsection 713.78 of the Florida Statutes. Macklin Transport reserves the right to accept or reject any and/or all bids. 5N1BV28U65N116239 2005 NISSAN QUEST S/SE/SL 1 NXBR32E75Z547447 2005 TOYOTA COROLLA CE/LE/S 1N4AL11D25C132644 2005 NISSAN ALTIMA S/SL April 2, 2018 N O TI C E O F S ALE The following vehicles will be sold at public sale or auction at satisfy lien pursuant to chapter 713.78 (2) of the Florida State statutes at 10AM A t 1118 Weigle Ave. Sebring FL 33870 Sale Date: 4/30/2018 2001 FORD 1FTRE14221HA90037 April 2, 2018 1000REAL ESTATEÂWe Are Pledged To The Letter And Spirit of U.S. Policy For The Achievement Of Equal Housing Opportunity Throughout The Nation. We Encourage And Support An Affirmative Advertising And Marketing Program In Which there Are No Barriers To Obtaining Housing Because of Race, Color, Religion, Sec, Handicap, Familial Status Or National Origin.ÂŽ EQUAL HOUSINGOPPORTUNITY HOMES FOR SALE1020 2 story Cape Cod on Lake Josephine 1/2 ac, 1502 Lake Josephine Dr. Sebring. $279k FSBO. 863-446-0395 HOMES FOR SALE1020 3/2 Waterfront HomeOpen flr plan; spacious kit., walk in shower; New A/C: sprinkler w/well, dbl lot w/2 storage units. Access to both Lake Jacksons! $210,000.FSBO! 863-835-1104 Sebring Pool Home4/3 on dbl lot, screened pool, shed & 3+ car garage! $245,900. For viewing: 239-247-9821Kevin A Krutz: Tropical Homes of Southwest Florida LLC HOMES FOR SALE SEBRING1026 3 / 2 / 2 brick home, corner lot Sebring Country Estates, totally furn, new metal roof, $164,000. 863-202-5863 for appt. WATERFRONT HOMES 1030 Lake Istokpoga~3200 sqft canal home 3/2, many extras, boat house & fish cleaning, $275,000. 863-655-1064 MOBILE HOMES FOR SALE 1090 2/2 Move in ready! 302 302 Belle Tower, Lake Placid (Tropical Harbor Estates). Only $5k! Joyce863-221-8347 Lake Placid~ Lrg, furn. 2/2 at 327 Belle Tower. Golf cart included! REDUCED $35,000. Call Joyce 863-221-8347 B eaut if u l 2/2 ~ 3607 D e l aware Ave., Sebring. Own lot; carport, furn. & newly remodeled. $67k obo 863-835-1483. 2/2 Move in ready! 302 302 Belle Tower, Lake Placid (Tropical Harbor Estates). Only $5k! Joyce863-221-8347 Lake Placid~ 55+, Great place for 1 or 2 pp. Cheapest lot rent in FL; incl. lawn, garbage & wtr $7k. rmcltd1236@gmail.com NEW Dblwide, Hammock Est.~2/2, Many Upgrades in 55+ (no pets). Low mo. rate Make offer! Must see to appreciate! 910-512-2133 PK model, by owner, 55+ Whisper Lake. 2/2, W/D, Fl rm, furn, new kitchen, $19,500. 1168 Whisper Lake Blvd. 419-9571422, 419-957-1175. S ebring, O n O wn Land~ 2 / 2 w/carport, porch & fenced yd in nice country setting. $69,000. 1409 Wilson Dr. 863-840-3076 Sebring~ 2/1.5 in 55+park Move in ready, new appl. & W/D, pet friendly. 3039 Vine Ln. $8,000 863-385-0768 WANTED TO BUY1120 Lake PlacidCASH for Your Home! Rapid Closing; Any Condition. Must have sufficient equity. Ken 863-441-2689 HOMES FOR RENT1210 Apartments & Housesfor Rent in Highlands County Starting at $450Pet Friendly!Call Mike863-243-9191www.Mylakeplacid.com HOMES FOR RENT1210 Sebring~ 4/3/2; laundry, 2 living rms, large dining rm. $975/mo. Close to shopping. 863-214-9689 UNFURNISHED HOUSE FOR RENT1214 3 bdrm/1.5 bath on RanchPasture avail; $650/mo+ 1st, last & sec. 70 Carefree Ct., V enus FL. 305-216-8452 DUPLEXES FOR RENT1300 Sebring Luxury DuplexLrg 3/2, lrg kitchen w/pantry, D/W, built in micro, lrg fridge w/water/ice dispenser on door. Tile/lamin flrs., indoor laund., cvrd porch. $895/mo, 1st, lst + $500 sec. 2307 Fernway St. 863-446-7274 APARTMENTS FOR RENT1320 Sebring-Furnished Studio Apt. $600/mo. includes all utilities + cable. 863-6556614 or 863-214-3591 Sebring~2BR $675: Incl. water, sewer & garbage! No pets.800-743-2301 S e b r i ng~ new comp l ete l y re modeled lrg 1bd: new kit cabi nets, appliances, ceramic tile. $600/mo. 863-588-0303 FURNISHED APARTMENTS1322 Sebring~ 2/1 2nd flr. condo for rent. 55+ gated comm. No pets. $900/mo incl. cable TV, water, trash & all maintenance, use of pool & clubhouse. Chuck863-253-9004 S ebring~ Lrg 1bdrm on Lake; walk in closet, porch overlook ing lake, fully furn., incl. elect., WiFi, TV, water. Ref. req. $1,100/mo. 786-385-3525 UNFURNISHED APARTMENTS1324 Placid Arms Apartments 108 Arron Drive, Lake Placid, FL 33852 863-465-6676 TDD 711 8 am Â… Noon, M Â… FNow accepting applicationsfor 1-2-3BR Apartments. Central heat and air, appliances, on-site laundry, outside storage closet & playground.Rents Start at:1 BR $585 2 BR $639 3 BR $692 This institution is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer VACATION/ SEASONALRENTALS1390 Sebring~Beautiful Lrg. Furn. 2/2 home in Golf Hammock (JanÂ…April 2019; 4mo pref., 3 mo min). $1800/mo incl. all util & use of golf cart. PicÂs avail. 863-273-7845 carld217@aol.com COMMERCIAL RENTAL1392 Sebring *Liberty Star Plaza*Leasing 3000-18,000 sqft; Built out. US 27 Near SR 66863-471-0663 LOTS & ACREAGE1500 ARCADIA 55 acre parce l w / lake for rent or sale. Water, electric, and septic on site. Need your OWN 5th wheel or mobile home. $725/mo. or $299K Call 239-693-7270.

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Monday, April 2, 2018 | HIGHLANDS NEWS-SUN | B7 www.highlandsnewssun.com LOTS & ACREAGE1500 Avon Park~ 1 acre lot zoned for mobile home or conventional home. $30,000. 863-344-9461 Lake Okeechobee LotChannel w/seawall & dock, 110 x78, existing slab, empty septic, electr. & water hookups. REDUCED!!$27K269-476-2188 or 269-506-6510 BUSINESS FOR SALE1600 Hair salon. Fantastic busn. opp., est. 20 yrs, great location, incl. equip., recomendations. Rent $500 mo. Asking $5000. 863-414-3129. 2000EMPLOYMENT HELPWANTED2001 Administrative Services Clerk Â… PT Utilities Service Worker Â… FT Director of Infrastructure Â… FT City of Avon Park Visit: http://avonpark.cc Bucket Operator/ GroundsmanExperience Preferred. Clean D/L and Pre-Employment Drug Screen. Benefits & Paid Time Off provided! Pay based on experience. Call 863-453-9787 Now Hiring Full & Part Time Cooks & ServersApply at: 2451 US Hwy 27 S. Avon Park. 863-781-0611 or 813-448-4324 Auto Detailer NeededFull Time. For appointment call 863-382-7551 OTR Driver Needed~ Clean MVR Min. 2 yrs experience. Run NE. Good pay. Ask for Roger 863-449-1368 GHC Motorsports Now Hiring: Delivery Driver: Full Time; Deliver motorcycles, ATVs & Side by Sides to customers. Some exp. pref. Parts Counter Assistant: Full Time; Exp. & knowledge of motorcycles to assist with parts & accessory sales. Assembler: Full Time; assemble ATVs, Motorcycles & Side by Sides. Paid vacation & 5 day work week. 863-699-2453 for interview Environmental Services ManagerFlorida Hospital Heartland Medical Center is looking for a genuine and compassionate Environmental Services Manager to lead a dynamic group of Housekeepers & Janitors that take pride in keeping our facilities clean and safe. This qualified leader will have responsibility for multi-campuses and have previous leadership experience preferably in housekeeping &/or building mainten ance. Please apply at: JoinAHS.com E qu i pment O perator N ee d e d In citrus & blueberry operation to run tractor. Exp. necessary & must be dependable. Occasional night & weekend spraying required. Call 813-367-7190 Email resume:zeny82002@yahoo.com HARDEE CO. BOCCPUBLIC WORKS DIVISION Equipment Operator (FL DL) $11.13-$15.35/hr. Senior Mechanic (FLÂBÂŽCDL) $15.74-$21.70/hr. Custodian (FL DL) $9.62-$13.26/hr. Job descriptions at www.hardeecounty.net w/application. Submit: HR, 205 Hanchey Rd Wauchula, FL 33873, Ph: (863) 773-2161. Positions open until filled. HELPWANTED2001 Full Time HelpWantedM-FAll positions Available! Apply in person (no calls) at GriffinÂs Dry Cleaning, 212 S. Ridgewood Dr., Sebring Learn to Drive a TruckGet your Commercial Driver's License today at South Florida State College. Scholarships are available to eligible participants. 863-784-7033 Lawn Care Help Wanted Experienced in weed eating, mowing, edging & blowing.Call863-381-2005 FT Maintenance PositionFor local apt. complex. Must have reliable transportation, own tools, knowledge of apartment turnkey, painting, HVAC electric & plumbing. Email resume to:housing515@gmail.comThis institution is an equal opportunity provider. Fairway Pines Assisted Living Now Hiring:Kitchen Staff~Wait staff Prep Cooks/Dishwashers Nursing Dept.~CNA/ Resident Aide/LPNALL SHIFTS AVAVIBLE BACKGOUND SCREENING REQUIREDApply in person at 5959 Sun ÂN Lake Blvd., Sebring. GENPAK LLC, a leading manufacturer in the plastic foodservice packaging industry in Sebring, FL area has openings for MECHANICS/ELECTRICIANS in our Maintenance Department. Minimum of one (1) year Industrial maintenance experience preferred, but not required. Applicants must have formal training or experience in related fields that would be useful in maintaining and repairing our production machinery and related equipment. Must have an industrial/electrical/electronic background. Troubleshooting and repair of mechanical, pneumatic & hydraulic production machinery. Must be able to troubleshoot and repair electrical control circuitry, motor/ process controls and set up machinery for production. Welding and fabrication a plus. Applicant must maintain a full complement of tools to perform normal dut ies. 12 hour shifts available. Competitive salary and benefits package. Stop by our office to fill out an application and you also may submit a resume.Genpak 116 Shicane Drive Sebring, FL 33870 863-655-1841 POOL TECH NEEDED!We Will Train! Dependable, clean driving record. 863-655-6993 Part-time, experienced boat driver needed for local camp on local lake. Principal responsibility to provide tubing for campers, using the camp's speed boats. Download the staff application, found at www.campsparta.com. Email completed application to grow@campsparta.com For more information, contact Andrea at (407)971-2221, ext. 1240 Looking for employment? Please visithttp://sfsc.interviewexchange.com for position postings. EA/EO. VetÂs Pref. (eligible career positions) Pressing Help WantedApply in person: FeathersÂ Dry Cleaners, 161 S. Commerce Ave., Sebring. PUT CLASSIFIEDS TOWORK FORYOU!FINDAJOB! BUYAHOME! BUYACAR! S erv i ce T ec h n i c i an W ante d Small engine repair; lawn & gar den, full-time, some exp. needed Lake Placid 863-465-9641 HELPWANTED2001 HARVE S TER S NEEDED 80 workers needed for Red Harvesting Inc. for watermelon harvesting, from 05/01/18 to 06/30/18. Workers will be paid $24.00 + per bus, but will be guaranteed $11.29 per hour. Job location is in North Florida. This job opportunity is temporary, 36 hours per week guaranteeing at least 3/4 of the time offered. Free housing is provided to workers who cannot reasonably return to their perman ent residence at the end o f the work day. Transportation and subsistence expenses to the work site will be provided by the employer upon completion of 50% of the work contract. Tools, equipment and supplies will be provided at no cost. Job order holding office is at 107 East Madison St., Tallahassee, FL 32399 job order 10659707 T urnyou r trashinto cash! Advertise youryard sa l e! S andy Ridge Farms, Inc. 22 temporary workers needed in Senatobia, MS, from approximately, May 25, 2018Â…June 29, 2018. Must be 18 years or older. The company may conduct background checks. Workers will perform assigned duties as instructed by their supervisor. Use wood to build and repair crates used for potato storage. Work in packinghouse. Manually weed fields by hand or using hand tools. Set-up/brea k down, operate and repair irrigation systems. Drain water from fields with hand tools and shovel when needed. (All tools, supplies and equipment will be provided at no cost to workers.) Work in extreme weather conditions. To ensure the safety of all employees, those interested in operating machinery must be able to communicate with and adequately follow instructions given by management. Management res erves the right to restrict em p loyees from operational duties who do not show a proficiency to effectively communicate with management, and may there fore place other employeesÂ safety at risk. Sweet Potatoes Â… C overing seed potatoes with use of bedding machine and covering with plastic. Cut slips by hand with knife, place in boxes to load & unload onto trucks also plant cutting ma c hine. Three months of v erifiabl e experience needed for use of mechanical harvesters and grading and sorting sweet pota toes. Lifting requirements 5-60 lbs. The majority of the workday is spent on oneÂs feet and out doors. Worker must be able to withstand working in the direct sunlight and weather conditions ranging from hot and humid weather, moderate rain and cold while performing their required j ob duties. Workers should ex pec t periods of little/no wor k during growing time. Hours and days of work may vary due to weather conditions. Due to possible Date of Need changes, worker is required to purchase travel insurance if available. We will reimburse the worker for transportation cost (including travel insurance) and subsistence to the employersÂ work site from the place of recruitment upon completion of 50 percent of the contra ct period Transportation payment will be no less (and is not required to be more) than the most economical and reasonable common carrier transportation charges for the distances involved. A copy of the work contract or a copy of the ETA 790 in lieu of a work contract, and any modifications, will be provided to the worker on or before the day the work commences. If the em ployee is unable or unfit to perform the duties listed after the 14 day pretrial, the employee will receive warnings, hours ma y be reduced to the minimum al lowed in the certified petition or terminated. Workers will be paid $10.73 per hour, three fourthÂs guarantee, 35 hours per week, housing, equipment and trans p ortation provided at no cost to workers who cannot reasonably return to their permanent resi dence at the end of each work da y. We participate in the E-Ver ify program and workers must have valid identification for I-9 preparation when they report to begin work. Complete job description can be found at your local SWA/Job Center. Apply for this job at the State Workforce / Job Center office in your area, please call for the nearest office in your area MS 601-584-1202, A L 256-259-1835, LA 318-6767705, FL 863-385-3672 using j ob ord er # MS251292. Y Y ouSa ouSa ve ve BigBuc BigBuc ks ks Shopping Shopping Classifieds! Classifieds! HELPWANTED2001 SOLID WASTE / ANIMAL CONTROL DIRECTOR$48,254.83 ($23.20/hr.) Â… $66,519.82 ($31.98/hr.)Hardee County Solid Waste / A nimal Control Department. Responsible work in construction and maintenance of landfill facilities, use and maintenance of heavy equipment and recycling operations according to County policy and regulatory agency rules. Ability to plan, direct and supervise the work of staff in Landfill and A nimal Con trol. Ability to comprehend and implement operational rules of the Department of Environmental Protection, The Southwest Florida Water Management District and other regulatory agencies. Ability to become certified as a Landfill Operator. Knowledge of standard practices used in earthwork and in construct ion. Ability to deal with the public, county employees and officials. High School Dip loma o r GED, 3 yrs. experience supervisory level, knowledge and experience in reading construction plans and specifications, 5 yrs. in operation and maintenance of heavy equipment and general knowledge of office practices. Overseeing the operations and enforcement of ordinances for the Animal Control for domestic animals. Complete job description & application posted on County website atwww.hardeecounty.netSubmit application to Hardee County HR Department at 205 Hanchey Road, Wauchula, FL 33873, P: (863) 773-2161. Position is open until filled. Excellent Benefits including State Retirement. EOE-F/M/V. ABargainHunters Delight Checkthe ClassifiedsFirst! AWhole Marketplaceof Shoppingisrightat your Fingertips! Lookingfor Adventure? Findit inthe Classifieds HELPWANTED2001 T wo P F arms I nc. 20 T empo rary workers needed in Calhoun City, MS from 05/15/2018 Â… 06/30/2018. Must be 18 years old or older. Preparing the ground for planting. Workers must cut plants using hand tools. Participate in irrigation ac tivities. Load & unload boxes on trucks trailers or sweet potato harvesters. Workers may also ride potato setter, planting slips. (All tools, supplies and equip ment will be prov ided at no cos t to workers) Work in extreme weather conditions. Workers may be asked to operate farm equipment, cotton pickers, combine, drive all tractors (in the f ield), and implements on farm including: hipper, disk, dual, chisel plow, potato transplanter, bushhawg, grain buggy, skid steer, forklift, potato digger, water trailer to water plants, and any other equipment related to the planting, cultivation and har vesting of crops. Safety training for use of farm equipment and tractors will be provided. Sweet Potatoes Covering potatoes w ith use of bedding machine & covering with plastic. Cut slips by hand with knife, place in boxes to load & unload onto t rucks. Walk behind potato t ransplanter and fill in slips by hand. Riding mechanical transplanter and loading slips in planting cups, Divining plants by h and. Use of mechanical digging equipment to dig potatoes. May also harvest potatoes by hand with use of buckets. Must be able to sort, grade & pack potat oes by size quality or type. Three months commercial exper ience needed on a licensed farm for hand cutting slips and use of mechanical transplanter & mechanical diggers. Lifting requirement of 5-60lbs. May also plant, cultivate & harvest t he following: Cot ton Â… Wrap tie s around cotton bales, banding / unbanding, moving bales with dolly, loosening bales and load ing bales on tractor. General Specifications and Physical Requirements of the Job: Hours and days of work may vary due to weather conditions. Cell phone can only be used during breaks and emergencies. Due to possible Date of Need changes, worker is required to purchase travel insurance if available. We will reimburse th e worker for transportation cost ( including travel insurance) and subsistence to the employerÂs work site from the place of recruitment upon completion of 50 percent of the contract period. Transportation payment w ill be no less (and is not required to be more) than the most economical and reason able common carrier transporta tion charges for the distance involved. A copy of the work c ontract or a copy of the ETA 790 in lieu of a work contract, and any modifications, will be provided to the worker on the day the work commences. If the employee is unable or unfit to perform, the duties listed the 14-day pretrial, the employee will receive warnings, and hours may be reduced to the minimum allowed in the certified petition or terminated. Workers will be paid $10.73 per hour, three f ourthÂs gua rantee, 35 hours pe r w eek, housing, equipment and transportation provided at no cost to workers who cannot reasonably return to their permanent residence at the end of each work day. We participate in t he E-Verify program and work ers must have valid identification for I-9 preparation when they report to begin work. Complete j ob description can be found at your local SWA/Job Center. Employer may condu ct a crimina l background check. Apply for this job at the State Workforce / Job Center office in your area, call the nearest office in your area MS 662-842-2175, AL 256-259-1835, LA 318-676 7705, FL 863-385-3672, use j ob order MS251340. PROFESSIONAL2010 Busy Sebring law firm seeks real estate assistant and litigation assistant, experience required. Please send inquiries to laura@crrpalaw.com F i n d y o u r B e s t F r i e n d i n t h e C l a s s i f i e d s Heartland Horses Equine Activities & Learning a 501c3 non-profit, has the following part-time opportunity: Program Administrator. A technical, administrative, position responsible for assisting in the activities of the HHEAL program. Develops and maintains various program activities, public relations, operational guidelines, procedures, and fundraising activities. Responsible for overall implement ation and maintenance of the program mission. Computer Skills required. Willingness to work Saturdays. 863-452-0006 Please send resume to: Claire Langway P.O. Box 6884 Avon Park, FL 33825 MEDICAL2030 Oaks at Avon SIGN ON BONUS New WagesReaders Choice Award Facility HIRING RNs Full-Time & Part-Time Positions Flexible Shifts Available Career Advancement Opportunities All Eligible Applicants will be Interviewed Directly. Apply at 1010 US Hwy 27 N., Avon Park or fax resume to Tammy Padilla at 863-453-5308 Oaks at Avon HIRING LPNs Full-Time & Part-Time Positions Career Advancement Opportunities All Eligible Applicants will be Interviewed Directly. Highly Competitve Salaries Readers Choice Award Facility Apply at 1010 US Hwy 27 N., Avon Park or fax resume to Tammy Padilla at 863-453-5308 OAKS AT AVON Is Hiring CNAs Full/PartTime, all shifts. Apply at 1010 Hwy 27N Avon Park or fax resume to Tammy Padilla at 863-453-5308. Medical Billing Assistant Needed FT or PT for busy medical practice in Sebring. Great pay, PTO, health & disability insurance, 401K & other benefits. Email resumes to recruitment@aiod.net Full-TimeCNA/LPN/MAPositionAvailableElectronic Health Records & Cardiac Care preferred Call 863-386-9595 FINDYOUR BESTFRIEND INTHE CLASSIFIEDS! CNA/NURSESAll Shifts Sign-On Bonus!Shift differential pay/Weekend differential pay Cook, Laundry Aide, & HCC Housekeeper Apply online atwww.palmsofsebring.com CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT SIGN ON BONUS FOR ALL FT AND PT CNAs We are currently seeking Full Time, Part Time and PRN CNAs to join our team! This role is responsible for delivering quality care to residents and maintaning a positive interactions with families, staff and other healthcare professions. We offer excellent benefits for all FT employees 32 hours or more per week. Health benefits start after 60 days! Excellent weekend shift differentials. Apply in person at Royal Care of Avon Park, 1213 W Stratford Rd., Avon Park, FL. EOE/DFWP863-453-6674 Receptionist NeededInSebring. FT or PT, Great pay, PTO, health & disability insurance, 401K & other benefits. Submit resumes to recruitment@aiod.net Office Manager Needed Full-Time for busy medical practice in Sebring. 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B10 | HIGHLANDS NEWS-SUN | Monday, April 2, 2018 www.highlandsnewssun.com SEBRING Â„ This is what happens in The Palms Health Care Center on ÂAct Happy Day.ÂŽ There were lots of smiles, lots of groans at clown jokes, balloon animals, rubber ducks and much more. Residents and staff members always enjoy a ÂFun Happy Day!ÂŽÂAct Happy DayÂ at The PalmsSPECIAL TO HIGHLANDS NEWS-SUN COURTESY PHOTOS According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, dental caries, or tooth decay, is five times more common than asthma and seven times more common than hay fever in children. The American Academy of Pediatrics notes that children with dental caries in their baby teeth are at much greater risk for cavities in their adult teeth. Fluoride is a naturally occurring mineral that can strengthen tooth enamel and make it more resistant to the acids that can contribute to tooth decay. Parents, even those whose children do not yet have any teeth, can discuss fluoride drops or chewable fluoride tablets with their youngstersÂ pediatricians. The CDC notes that more than 40 percent of children have tooth decay before reaching kindergarten, but dental caries is often preventable. Here are some recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics: Â€Fluoridated toothpaste is recommended for all children. Â€A smear (the size of a grain of rice) of toothpaste should be used up to age 3. After the third birthday, a pea-sized amount may be used. Parents should dispense toothpaste for young children. Â€Fluoride varnish is recommended in the primary care setting every three to six months starting at tooth emergence. Â€Over-the-counter fluoride rinse is not recommended for children younger than 6 years due to risk of swallowing higher-than-recommended levels of fluoride.Did you know? METRO CREATIVE SERVICES newstips@newssun.com Email Us Your News Tips To: adno=3564928

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The News Wire Monday, April 2, 2018 STATE Â€ NATIONAL Â€ WORLD Â€ BUSINESS Â€ WEATHER ANGER SURGES AFTER SIBERIAN MALL FIRE KILLS 64See page 10. AP PHOTOSVatican Swiss Guards stand at attention in front of St. PeterÂs Basilica at the Vatican prior to the arrival of Pope Francis to celebrate an Easter mass, Sunday.VATICAN CITY Â„ On ChristianityÂs most joyful day, Pope Francis called for peace in a world marked by war and conÂ”ict, Âbeginning with the beloved and long-suffering land of SyriaÂŽ and extending to Israel, where 15 Palestinians were killed on the IsraeliGaza border two days before Easter Sunday. Francis reÂ”ected on the power of ChristianityÂs core belief Â„ that Jesus rose from the dead following cruciÂ“xion Â„ in his formal ÂUrbi et OrbiÂŽ Easter message delivered from the balcony of St. PeterÂs Basilica to a packed square of some 80,000 faithful below. The pontiff said the message of the resurrection offers hope in a world Âmarked by so many acts of injustice and violence,ÂŽ including parts of Africa affected by Âhunger, endemic conÂ”icts and terrorism.ÂŽ ÂIt bears fruits of hope and dignity where there are deprivation and exclusion, hunger and unemployment; where there are migrants and refugees, so often rejected by todayÂs culture of waste, and victims of the drug trade, human trafÂ“cking and contemporary forms of slavery,ÂŽ the pope said. Francis called for a Âswift endÂŽ to the seven years of carnage in Syria, demanding that aid be delivered to the war-torn countryÂs needy and calling for ÂÂ“tting conditions for the returned and the displaced.ÂŽ The pope also urged reconciliation in Israel, a place ÂÂexperiencing in these days the wounds of ongoing conÂ”ict that do not spare the defenseless.ÂŽ His remarks followed the Friday deaths of Palestinian protesters who charged toward GazaÂs border with Israel, the areaÂs deadliest violence in four years. Turning to Asia, Francis expressed ÂHope and dignity:Â Pope calls for peace in Easter messageASSOCIATED PRESSPALM BEACH, Fla. Â„ President Donald Trump declared Sunday that a deal to help ÂDreamerÂŽ immigrants was ÂNO MOREÂŽ and threatened to pull out of a free trade agreement with Mexico unless it does more to stop people from crossing into the U.S. He claimed theyÂre coming to take advantage of protections granted certain immigrants. ÂNO MORE DACA DEAL!ÂŽ Trump tweeted one hour after he started the day by wishing his followers a ÂHAPPY EASTER!ÂŽ He also said Mexico must Âstop the big drug and people Â”ows, or I will stop their cash cow, NAFTA. NEED WALL!ÂŽ The U.S., Canada and Mexico are currently renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement at TrumpÂs insistence. Trump says NAFTA is bad for the U.S. ÂMexico has got to help us at the border,ÂŽ Trump told reporters before he attended Easter services at an Episcopal church near his Palm Beach, Florida, home, as he held his wife, MelaniaÂs, hand. ÂIf theyÂre not going to help us at the border, itÂs a very sad thing between our two countries.ÂŽ ÂA lot of people are coming in because they want to take advantage of DACA,ÂŽ he added. Former President Barack Obama created the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to protect from BERLIN Â„ ChinaÂs defunct Tiangong 1 space station hurtled toward Earth on Sunday and was expected to re-enter the atmosphere within hours. Most of the craft should burn up on re-entry, so scientists said it poses only a slight risk to people on the ground. The European Space Agency forecast that the station, whose name translates as ÂHeavenly Palace,ÂŽ will re-enter sometime between Sunday night and early Monday GMT. The Chinese space agency said it should happen during the course of Monday Beijing time. The Aerospace Corp. predicted Tiangong 1Âs re-entry would take place within 2 hours of either side of 0010 GMT Monday (8:10 p.m. Sunday EDT.) Based on the space stationÂs orbit, it will come back to Earth somewhere 43 degrees north and 43 degrees south, a range covering most of the United States, China, Africa, southern Europe, Australia and South America. Out of range are Russia, Canada and northern Europe. Only about 10 percent of the bus-sized, 8.5-ton spacecraft will likely survive being burned up on re-entry, mainly its heavier components such as its engines. The chances of any one person being hit by debris are considered less than one in Trump says ÂNO MOREÂ on deal for ÂDreamerÂ immigrantsDefunct Chinese space lab set to re-enter EarthÂs atmosphereBy DARLENE SUPERVILLEASSOCIATED PRESSASSOCIATED PRESSSACRAMENTO, Calif. Â„ The family of Stephon Clark joined hundreds of people at a rally urging CaliforniaÂs capital city not to let his memory or calls for police reform fade nearly two weeks after the 22-year-old unarmed black man was killed by Sacramento ofÂ“cers. ClarkÂs Â“ancee, Salena Manni, stood on stage with his two young sons, grandmother and uncle for the gathering Saturday organized by Sacramento native and former NBA player Matt Barnes, who pledged to create a scholarship fund for the children of black men killed by police. ÂAll he wanted to do was go see his sons again, and unfortunately he canÂt,ÂŽ Curtis Gordon, ClarkÂs uncle, said as he recalled seeing his nephew hours before the shooting. ÂSo remember that Â„ while we mourn, while we shout, while we cry Â„ because it ainÂt just our pain, itÂs their pain.ÂŽ Barnes ampliÂ“ed calls for charges against the two ofÂ“cers who are on administrative leave. ÂItÂs more than color Â„ it comes down to right and wrong,ÂŽ he said. ÂYouÂre trying to tell me I can kill someone and get a paid vacation?ÂŽ The peaceful demonstration that drew between 200 and 300 people to a downtown park came a day after a private autopsy released by the family showed Clark was shot from behind. Clark was killed March 18 by two police ofÂ“cers responding to a call of someone breaking into car windows. They yelled that he had a gun before shooting, but it was only a cellphone. The police department says it has not received an ofÂ“cial autopsy report from the county coronerÂs ofÂ“ce. A female demonstrator was hit by a Sacramento County SheriffÂs Department vehicle as a crowd began marching in the streets after another vigil Saturday night. In a statement early Sunday, the department said Âthe Family of man killed by police joins rally for reformBy KATHLEEN RONAYNEASSOCIATED PRESS REFORM | 4 POPE | 4 TRUMP | 4 SPACE | 4 Pope Francis salutes a child after leading the Easter Mass in St. Peter Square at the Vatican, Sunday. AP PHOTOCurtis Gordon, center, the uncle of Stephon Clark, speaks at a rally aimed at ensuring ClarkÂs memory and calling for police reform, Saturday, in Sacramento, Calif. 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The Sun /Monday, April 2, 2018 www.yoursun.com Page 3 NATION WASHINGTON Â„ Former Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin is making it clear he was Â“red from his job amid conÂ”icting claims from the White House. White House spokeswoman Lindsay Walters on Sunday told The Associated Press that Shulkin had ÂresignedÂŽ from his job when President Donald Trump abruptly announced via Twitter last Wednesday that he was nominating White House doctor Ronny Jackson to replace him. But in television interviews, Shulkin said he had not submitted a resignation letter, or planned to, and was only told of TrumpÂs decision shortly before the Twitter announcement. He said he had spoken to Trump by phone earlier that day about VA improvements, with no mention of his job status, and was scheduled to meet with the president the next morning. ÂI came to run the Department of Veterans Affairs because IÂm committed to veterans,ÂŽ Shulkin said. ÂAnd I would not resign, because IÂm committed to making sure this job was seen through to the very end.ÂŽ The semantics could be relevant to TrumpÂs ability to name an acting VA secretary to temporarily Â“ll ShulkinÂs place. Last week, Trump named Defense Department ofÂ“cial Robert Wilkie to the acting position, bypassing ShulkinÂs deputy secretary, Tom Bowman. Bowman has come under criticism for being too moderate to push TrumpÂs agenda. Under federal law, a president has wide authority to temporarily Â“ll a federal agency job if someone Âdies, resigns, or is otherwise unable to perform the functions and duties of the ofÂ“ce.ÂŽ There is no mention of a president having that authority if the person is Â“red. Still, itÂs unclear if courts would seek to draw a legal distinction between a Â“ring and a forced resignation, if that is indeed what happened to Shulkin. The day after announcing that he was replacing Shulkin, Trump told a rally in RichÂ“eld, Ohio, that he had been dissatisÂ“ed with efforts to improve VA. Shulkin had enjoyed TrumpÂs support for much of his Â“rst year in the administration, but that eroded in February after a bruising ethics scandal and political inÂ“ghting at VA. A VA spokesman did not have immediate comment Sunday. Wilkie, now listed on the VA website as acting secretary, took over ShulkinÂs duties last week. The back and forth over the circumstances behind ShulkinÂs departure Â„ and what it could mean for WilkieÂs status Â„ comes as the nomination of Jackson is drawing concern among lawmakers and veterans groups. They worry the Navy rear admiral and lifelong physician lacks the experience to manage an enormous agency paralyzed over TrumpÂs push to expand private care. TrumpÂs new Cabinet nominees also are beginning to pile up in the Senate, likely leading to weeks of conÂ“rmation battles and other delays in the run-up to congressional midterm elections in November. That could mean an extended reign for an acting VA secretary. On Sunday, Shulkin, who had previously recommended Jackson to be VA undersecretary of health, repeatedly demurred when asked to fully endorse Jackson for the job of VA secretary. He noted the complexity of running the governmentÂs second largest department. ÂThis is a very tough job,ÂŽ Shulkin said. ÂIÂm not sure that anybody realizes how complex this is ... I think he is going to need to have a good team around him, like everybody will, to be successful.ÂŽ ShulkinÂs dismissal comes amid a broader shakeup of top Trump administration ofÂ“cials and charges of excessive spending by Cabinet ofÂ“cials. Also currently under Â“re are Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson. The AP reported last week that Pruitt paid just $50 a night for about six months last year to stay in a Capitol Hill condominium linked to a prominent Washington lobbyist whose Â“rm represents fossil fuel companies. On Sunday, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican, and Sen. Doug Jones, D-Ala., questioned whether Pruitt would be able to last in his job. ÂI donÂt know how you survive this one, and if he has to go, itÂs because he never shouldÂve been there in the Â“rst place,ÂŽ Christie said. ÂHeÂs in real trouble ... I think it seems that he may be on his way out,ÂŽ Jones said. Shulkin spoke on CNNÂs ÂState of the UnionÂŽ and NBCÂs ÂMeet the Press,ÂŽ and Jones and Christie appeared on ABCÂs ÂThis Week.ÂŽOusted Shulkin rejects claim he resigned VA jobBy HOPE YENASSOCIATED PRESS AP FILE PHOTOIn this March 7, le photo, Veterans Aairs Secretary David Shulkin speaks at a news conference at the Washington Veterans Aairs Medical Center in Washington. Shulkin is making it clear he was red from his job amid conicting claims from the White House. Treading into ethically and legally uncertain territory, a New York end-of-life agency has approved a new document that lets people stipulate in advance that they donÂt want food or water if they develop severe dementia. The directive, Â“nalized in March by the board for End of Life Choices New York, aims to provide patients a way to hasten death in late-stage dementia, if they choose. Dementia is a terminal illness, but even in the seven U.S. jurisdictions that allow medical aid-in-dying, itÂs not a condition covered by the laws. Increasingly, patients are seeking other options, said Dr. Timothy Quill, a palliative care expert at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and longtime advocate of the practice. ÂDeveloping incapacitating dementia is certainly my and a lot of peopleÂs worst nightmare,ÂŽ he said. ÂThis is an aggressive document. ItÂs a way of addressing a real problem, which is the prospect of advanced dementia.ÂŽ The document offers two options: one that requests Âcomfort feedingÂŽ Â„ providing oral food and water if a patient appears to enjoy or allows it during the Â“nal stages of the disease Â„ and one that would halt all assisted eating and drinking, even if a patient seems willing to accept it. Supporters say itÂs the strongest effort to date to allow people who want to avoid the ravages of advanced dementia to make their Â“nal wishes known Â„ while they still have the ability to do so. ÂThey do not want their dying prolonged,ÂŽ said Judith Schwarz, who drafted the document as clinical director for the advocacy group. ÂThis is an informed and thoughtful choice that needs a great deal of reÂ”ection and discussion.ÂŽ But critics say itÂs a disturbing effort to allow withdrawal of basic sustenance from the most vulnerable in society. ÂI think oral feeding is basic care,ÂŽ said Richard DoerÂ”inger, an associate scholar with the Charlotte Lozier Institute, which opposes abortion and euthanasia. ÂItÂs what they want here and now that matters. If they start taking food, you give them food.ÂŽ Advance directives are legally recognized documents that specify care if a person is incapacitated. They can conÂ“rm that a patient doesnÂt want to be resuscitated or kept on life support, such as a ventilator or feeding tube, if they have a terminal condition from which theyÂre not likely to recover. However, the documents typically say nothing about withdrawing hand-feeding of food or Â”uids. The New York directive, in contrast, offers option A, which allows refusal of all oral assisted feeding. Option B permits comfortfocused feeding. Both options would be invoked only when a patient is diag nosed with moderate or severe dementia, deÂ“ned as Stages 6 or 7 of a widely used test known as the Functional Assessment Staging Tool (FAST). At those stages, patients would be unable to feed themselves or make health care decisions. The new form goes further than a similar dementia directive introduced last year by another group that supports aid-in-dying, End of Life Washington. That document says that a person with dementia who accepts food or drink should receive oral nourishment until he or she is unwilling or unable to do so. The New York document says, ÂMy instructions are that I do NOT want to be fed by hand even if I appear to cooperate in being fed by opening my mouth.ÂŽ Whether the new directive will be honored in New York Â„ or anywhere else Â„ is unclear. Legal scholars and ethicists say directives withdrawing oral assisted feeding are prohibited in several states. Many care facilities are unlikely to cooperate, said Thaddeus Pope, director of the Health Law Institute at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minn., and an expert on end-of-life law. Doctors have a duty to honor patient wishes, but they can refuse if they have medical or moral qualms. ÂEven solidly legal advance directives do not and cannot ENSURE that wishes are respected,ÂŽ Pope said in an email. ÂThey can only Âhelp assureÂ that.ÂŽ Directors at End of Life Choices New York consider the document Âlegally sturdy,ÂŽ Schwarz said, adding: ÂOf course itÂs going to end up in court.ÂŽ Whether assisted feeding can be withdrawn was at the center of recent high-proÂ“le cases in which patients with dementia were spoon-fed against their documented wishes because they contin ued to open their mouths. In a case in Canada, a court ruled that such feeding is basic care that canÂt be withdrawn. People who Â“ll out the directives may be more likely to have them honored if they remain at home, Schwarz said. She stressed that patients should make their wishes known far in advance and choose health care agents who will be strong advocates. Legal experts say the documents should be updated regularly. DoerÂ”inger, however, said creating the directive and making it available misses a crucial point: People who donÂt have dementia now canÂt know how theyÂll feel later, yet theyÂre deciding in advance to forgo nourishment. ÂThe question is: Do we, the able-bodied, have a right to discriminate against the disabled people we will later become?ÂŽ DoerÂ”inger said.New advance directive would let dementia patients refuse foodBy JONEL ALECCIAKAISER HEALTH NEWS Rock Hall to get $4.1M sponsorship; also to join in festivalCLEVELAND (AP) Â„ ClevelandÂs Rock & Roll Hall of Fame says it will receive $4.1 million over Â“ve years to help expand its youth education programs and community activities. The Rock Hall announced this week that PNC Bank has pledged $3.75 million to support various programming such as free events and live music. The PNC Foundation pledged another $375,000 to help underwrite the youth education program Toddler Rock. The Plain Dealer in Cleveland reports the Rock Hall also is partnering with others to bring a music festival to downtown Cleveland this summer. The inaugural InCuya festival on Aug. 25 and 26 will be presented by concert promoter AEG Presents in partnership with the Rock Hall, the city of Cleveland and Destination Cleveland. The cross-genre and multigenerational festival will feature national and local musicians.House where Rosa Parks sought refuge displayed, brieflyPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) Â„ The house where Rosa Parks sought refuge in Detroit after Â”eeing the South is being brieÂ”y displayed in Rhode Island, after a transAtlantic journey and the abrupt cancellation of an exhibition that was supposed to feature it. Parks moved to Detroit in 1957, two years after refusing to give up her bus seat. She stayed with her brother and his family. Years later, the house was abandoned. Her niece bought it off a demolition list for $500 then donated it to an artist who reassembled it in Germany. He returned it to America for a Brown University exhibition, but the show was canceled. Volunteers were able to partially assemble it and it was displayed this weekend. The house will have to be disassembled, and itÂs not clear where it will land.Frank Stallone sorry for profane tweet on school shootingLOS ANGELES (AP) Â„ Frank Stallone is apologizing for a profane tweet attacking a survivor of the Florida school shooting. Mostly known for being the brother of Sylvester Stallone, the actor and musician backed away from a Saturday tweet attacking teenager David Hogg. Hogg has become a powerful voice for gun control after the attack at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High in Parkland, Florida. Stallone used expletives and derogatory terms to refer to Hogg, suggesting one of the teenagerÂs peers must by Âdying to sucker punchÂŽ him. Stallone later deleted the tweet and one aimed at another Parkland survivor. On Sunday, Stallone expressed remorse for what he called Âirresponsible words,ÂŽ saying: ÂAfter what these kids went through, IÂm deeply ashamed.ÂŽ Several advertisers dropped Fox News personality Laura Ingraham after she mocked Hogg. She later apologized.Easter Parade brings out fun, fanciful hats in New York CityNEW YORK (AP) Â„ If itÂs Easter Sunday, there must be hats. The annual Easter Parade has turned ManhattanÂs Fifth Avenue into a spectacle. Some people are wearing elaborate, outlandish hats with Â”owers and feathers. Others are making it a whole look, adding clothes and costumes. And of course, there are pets in festive wear as well. The event, more of a promenade than a parade, is a take on a New York City tradition that dates back to the late 1800s. In those days, the cityÂs richer residents would wear their best clothes and walk along after attending church services. Judy Garland and Fred Astaire made the procession well-known in the movie, ÂEaster Parade.ÂŽ Other events marking the day include the Easter Bunny joining skaters at the rink at Rockefeller Center.Larry Nassar victim to speak at Harvard about forgivenessCAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) Â„ The Â“rst woman to publicly accuse former sports doctor Larry Nassar of sexual abuse will be speaking about justice and forgiveness at Harvard University. Rachael Denhollander is slated to speak Thursday at an event titled ÂCan We Reconcile Justice and Forgiveness?ÂŽ SheÂs expected to discuss how religion inÂ”uenced her ideas about justice and her ability to forgive people who donÂt seem to deserve it. Denhollander told police in 2016 that Nassar molested her when she was a 15-yearold gymnast. Dozens of other women later testiÂ“ed in court that Nassar had abused them too. He pleaded guilty in November to molesting patients and possessing child pornography and was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison. The event will be moderated by Harvard professor and developmental psychologist Nancy Hill. NATION NEWS BRIEFS

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Page 4 www.yoursun.com The Sun / Monday, April 2, 2018 FROM PAGE ONE ALMANACToday is Monday, April 2 the 92nd day of 2018. There are 273 days left in the year. Today in history On April 2, 1968, Â2001: A Space Odyssey,ÂŽ the groundbreaking science-fiction film epic produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood, had its world premiere in Washington, D.C. On this date In 1942 Glenn Miller and his Orchestra recorded ÂAmerican PatrolÂŽ at the RCA Victor studios in Hollywood. In 1956 the soap operas ÂAs the World TurnsÂŽ and ÂThe Edge of NightÂŽ premiered on CBS-TV. In 1974 French President Georges Pompidou, 62, died in Paris. In 1982 several thousand troops from Argentina seized the disputed Falkland Islands, located in the south Atlantic, from Britain. (Britain seized the islands back the following June.) In 1986 four American passengers, including an 8-month-old girl, her mother and grandmother, were killed when a terrorist bomb exploded aboard a TWA jetliner en route from Rome to Athens, Greece. In 1992 mob boss John Gotti was convicted in New York of murder and racketeering; he was later sentenced to life, and died in prison. In 2005 Pope John Paul II died in his Vatican apartment at age 84. TodayÂs birthdays Actress Sharon Acker is 83. Actress Dame Penelope Keith is 78. Actress Linda Hunt is 73. Singer Emmylou Harris is 71. Actor Sam Anderson is 71. Social critic and author Camille Paglia is 71. Actress Pamela Reed is 69. Rock musician Dave Robinson (The Cars) is 69. Country singer Buddy Jewell is 57. Actor Christopher Meloni is 57. Singer Keren Woodward (Bananarama) is 57. Country singer Billy Dean is 56. Actor Clark Gregg is 56. Bible verse ÂBut seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.ÂŽ Â„ Matthew 6:33. So much of our well-being is dependent on what position God has in our lives. How could we have missed it all these years? Father, help us in JesusÂ name, to discipline ourselves in arranging priorities so that we can have what you provided and be what you intended. Amen. LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) Â„ A half century after getting a divorce, a Kentucky couple plans to get married again. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports 83-year-old Harold Holland and 78-year-old Lillian Barnes will exchange wedding vows on April 14 in Lexington. Their grandson will perform the ceremony at a local Baptist church. Holland and Barnes first were married on Christmas Eve in 1955. They had five children together before splitting up. Holland says his job kept him away from the family prior to the breakup. Both remarried and their spouses died in 2015. After that, Holland and Barnes attended a family reunion, and by last December, they were talking marriage again. Holland says, ÂWe decided we want to walk the last mile together.ÂŽODD NEWS Kentucky couple plans to remarry half century after divorcehope that talks underway could bring peace to the Korean peninsula, urging Âthose who are directly responsible act with wisdom and discernment to promote the good of the Korean people.ÂŽ The pope also urged more steps to bring harmony to divided Ukraine, called for peace in South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo and appealed for the world not to forget victims of conÂ”ict, especially children. ÂMay there be no lack of solidarity with all those forced to leave their native lands and lacking the bare essentials for living,ÂŽ said Francis, who has often championed the cause of migrants and refugees. The churchÂs Â“rst pontiff from Latin America cited in particular the problems in Venezuela. He said he hoped the country would ÂÂ“nd a just, peaceful and humane way to surmount quickly the political and humanitarian crises that grip it.ÂŽ Earlier, tens of thousands of faithful underwent heavy security checks to enter St. PeterÂs Square to participate in Easter Sunday Mass celebrated by the pope, followed by his ÂÂUrbi et OrbiÂŽ message (Âto the city and the world.ÂŽ) Security precautions included bag checks and metal detector wands for everyone entering the square, while the main avenue leading to the Vatican, as well as smaller adjoining streets, were closed to trafÂ“c. Francis opened Easter festivities with a tweet to his global Â”ock: ÂOur faith is born on Easter morning: Jesus is alive! The experience is at the heart of the Christian message.ÂŽ Elsewhere, hundreds of Christians marked Easter by Â”ocking to JerusalemÂs Church of the Holy Sepulchre, built on the site where they believe Jesus was cruciÂ“ed, buried and resurrected.POPEFROM PAGE 1 AP PHOTOPope Francis walks with the pastoral sta as he arrives to celebrate the Easter mass in St. PeterÂs Square at the Vatican, Sunday. collision occurred while the patrol vehicle was traveling at slow speeds,ÂŽ adding that the woman suffered minor injuries. The statement also said the sheriffÂs vehicle, which was surrounded by protesters yelling and pounding on the car, Âsustained scratches, dents, and a shattered rear window.ÂŽ Activists and faith leaders called for justice not just for Clark, but for all black men killed by police. Family members of Joseph Mann, who was killed by Sacramento police in 2016, also spoke. The chairman of a police oversight commission urged attendees to continue their activism by showing up to meetings and pushing for systemic change. Community leaders urged the city to set a national example. ÂThis little small town can show this nation our great big heart,ÂŽ the Rev. Kevin Ross said. About 150 people attended another vigil and protest Saturday night outside a sheriffÂs department ofÂ“ce. It was the latest disruptive but mostly peaceful demonstration since Clark was killed. Protesters have twice blocked fans from entering games involving the NBAÂs Sacramento Kings at a downtown arena, but there were no signs of trouble amid a big police presence at a game Saturday night against the Golden State Warriors. The Friday release of the private autopsy commissioned by ClarkÂs family has prompted fresh outrage. Pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu, known for his study of a degenerative brain condition in football players, announced that Clark was hit by eight bullets Â„ six in the back, one in the neck and one in the thigh Â„ and took three to 10 minutes to die. Police waited about Â“ve minutes before rendering medical aid. Omalu said the proposition that Clark was assailing the ofÂ“cers, meaning he was facing them, is Âinconsistent with the prevailing forensic evidence.ÂŽ He said it was unclear if Clark would have survived had he gotten immediate medical attention. A day after the shooting, police distributed a news release that said the ofÂ“cers who shot Clark Âsaw the suspect facing them, advance forward with his arms extended, and holding an object in his hands.ÂŽ Police video of the shooting doesnÂt clearly capture all that happened after Clark ran into his grandmotherÂs backyard. Clark initially moved toward the ofÂ“cers, who were peeking out from behind a corner of the house, but itÂs unclear if he was facing them or knew they were there when they opened Â“re after shouting Âgun, gun, gun.ÂŽ After 20 shots, ofÂ“cers called to him, apparently believing he might still be alive and armed. They eventually approached and found no gun, just a cellphone.REFORMFROM PAGE 1 AP PHOTOSalena Manni, the ancee of police shooting victim Stephon Clark, holds the coupleÂs son, Aiden, as she and ClarkÂs uncle, Curtis Gordon, attend a rally aimed at ensuring ClarkÂs memory and calling for police reform, Saturday, in Sacramento, Calif.deportation hundreds of thousands of immigrants who are living in the U.S. illegally after they were brought here as children. Trump ended the program last year, but gave Congress six months to pass legislation enshrining it. A deal has so far proved elusive and Trump has blamed Democrats for that. It was not immediately clear what Trump was referring to when he said people are coming to take advantage of the program, which granted the immigrants work permits. The Department of Homeland Security is not issuing new permits, though existing ones can be renewed. Anyone who wanted to participate in the program had a set period of time during which to sign up, and the program is no longer open to new entrants. Proposed DACA deals crafted by lawmakers also were not open to new participants. Trump did not explain what he meant when reporters asked as he entered the Church of Bethesda-by-theSea with the Â“rst lady and Tiffany Trump, his daughter from his second marriage. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for clariÂ“cation. Trump, who addressed reporters brieÂ”y before entering the church, again blamed Democrats for failing to protect the ÂDreamers.ÂŽ ÂThey had a great chance. The Democrats blew it. They had a great, great chance, but weÂll have to take a look because Mexico has got to help us at the border. They Â”ow right through Mexico. They send them into the United States. It canÂt happen that way anymore.ÂŽ Trump promised during the 2016 presidential campaign to build a southern border wall to stop illegal immigration and drugs from Mexico, but Congress has frustrated the president by not moving as quickly as he wants to provide money to start construction. The president also complained on Twitter that Border Patrol agents canÂt do their jobs properly because of Âridiculous liberal (Democrat) lawsÂŽ that allow people caught for being in the country illegally to be released while they await a hearing before a federal immigration judge. Trump tweeted that the situation is ÂGetting more dangerousÂŽ and ÂCaravansÂŽ are coming. He did not offer details to back his comment. Some fellow Republicans chided Trump over the tone of the tweets. ÂA true leader preserves & offers hope, doesnÂt take hope from innocent children who call America home. Remember, today is Easter Sunday,ÂŽ tweeted Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Trump critic who challenged Trump for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination.TRUMPFROM PAGE 1 AP PHOTOPresident Donald Trump and rst lady Melania Trump arrive for Easter services at Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Palm Beach, Fla., Sunday. a trillion. Launched in 2011, Tiangong 1 was ChinaÂs Â“rst space station, serving as an experimental platform for bigger projects, such as the Tiangong 2 launched in September 2016 and a future permanent Chinese space station. The station played host to two crewed missions and served as a test platform for perfecting docking procedures and other operations. Its last crew departed in 2013 and contact with it was cut in 2016. Since then it has been orbiting gradually closer and closer to Earth on its own while being monitored. Western space experts say they believe China has lost control of the station. ChinaÂs chief space laboratory designer Zhu Zongpeng has denied Tiangong was out of control, but hasnÂt provided speciÂ“cs on what, if anything, China is doing to guide the craftÂs re-entry.SPACEFROM PAGE 1 AP FILE PHOTOThis March 29, le photo shows the Space Debris Room of the European Space Agency ESA in Darmstadt, Germany. ChinaÂs defunct Tiangong 1 space station is expected to re-enter EarthÂs atmosphere within the next day. The European Space Agency forecast Sunday April 1, the station will re-enter sometime between Sunday night and early Monday morning GMT.

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The Sun /Monday, April 2, 2018 www.yoursun.com Page 5 STATE-BY-STATE MILWAUKEE Â… Lorraine Guenther and Thrivent Financial insurance company had a deal, or so she thought. She would pay them a premium of $500 a year for the rest of her life. And they would someday provide a death benet of $25,000 to cover her funeral and burial. The universal life policy took effect in 1988 when Guenther was 67, and it came with a maturity date of February 2021when she is 100. But now, three years earlier than that, the company is telling this grandmother the cash value of her policy will dwindle away to nothing later this year, and the death benet will be gone, too. At age 97, she apparently has outlived her life insurance. ÂIn my words, theyÂre penalizing me for living,ÂŽ she said. Part of the issue is that the cost of insuring someone so old is chewing up all the cash value of the policy at a rate exceeding $300 a month, double what it was three years ago. About 10 years ago, the policy had a value that hovered around $10,000, but itÂs down to $2,800 now and dropping fast. Guenther contacted Thrivent recently and was put in touch with an agent who suggested that lowering the death benet to $10,000 would buy her some time with the policy, but not beyond next year. Guenther turns 98 in April. ÂHe said, ÂThe Lord has been good to you and has allowed you to live all these years.ÂÂŽ ÂIÂm very grateful. Thank you, mister,ÂŽ she replied. ÂBut I still expected to get my money when I passed away so I could be buried.ÂŽ Thrivent Financial used to be known as Aid Association for Lutherans. Guenther bought the policy through her church. ÂThe men would come to church and talk to us and we knew them as friends. The man who prepared it for us was a friend of my husbandÂs,ÂŽ she said. She lost touch with that agent. GuentherÂs husband, Harold, with whom she raised three sons in Wauwatosa, Wis., died in 2002. GuentherÂs sons got involved, and soon letters were going between the family and Thrivent. Son Jim said he doesnÂt think anything illegal is going on, but rather a Âbuilt-in stick it to you.ÂŽ The family led a complaint with the Wisconsin commissioner of insurance, asking for a refund approaching $20,000. TheyÂre awaiting a reply. In a statement, Thrivent said a policy like GuentherÂs oers no guarantee of coverage until age 100. HIGHLIGHT: WISCONSIN Lorraine Guenther wants a refund. MARK HOFFMAN/USA TODAY NETWORKWoman, nearing 98, is outliving her insurance Jim StinglMilwaukee Journal Sentinel USA TODAY NETWORKALABAMAMontgomery: State Rep. Ritchie WhortonÂs proposal to require headlights from sunrise to sunset won this yearÂs ÂShroud AwardÂŽ for the deadest bill of the session. ALASKACraig: Police say a Wadleigh Island man was arrested on charges of ring shots at a passing shing boat, at least one of which hit it. Troopers say alcohol was a factor. ARIZONAPhoenix: State lawmakers are considering a proposal to put a 45-day expiration date on Grade A eggs. The current window is 24 days, but other states allow 30 to 45 days. ARKANSASLittle Rock: Two contracts to expand Arkansas State University football stadium will be revised to reect that the nonprot Red Wolves Foundation is paying for the work, not the athletics department. CALIFORNIASan Francisco: Gov. Jerry Brown has pardoned ve exconvicts facing deportation, including two who ed the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia four decades ago. Pardons, however, donÂt prevent deportations. COLORADOColoradoSprings: Ocials say no charges are expected against a woman who dropped a cigarette in a mulch pot outside her townhome, igniting a re that displaced 68 people, The Gazette says. CONNECTICUTFarmington: The University of Connecticut recovered $50,000 paid to a slain researcher while it believed he was working at home. His body was found Feb. 5 wrapped in plastic at his house.DELAWAREDover: A bill to block rie sales to people under 21stalled in the state Senate amid a urry of proposed amendments. It will come up against April 17 after Easter break.DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA:The suburban Washington home where Confederate general Robert E. Lee grew up is for sale, listed at $8.5 million, The Washington Post reports. FLORIDAPonte Vedra Beach: Researchers at St. Augustine Lighthouse and Maritime Museum are rushing to measure and photograph a section of a sailing ship that washed ashore, the Florida Times-Union reports. GEORGIAEastman: Authorities say 63 pit bulls were rescued from a dogghting ring in a raid that resulted from the discovery of a bloodied dog during a March 17 trac stop. Seven people were arrested in the raid. HAWAIIHonolulu: Mililani High School has the rst state-approved campus imu, a traditional Hawaiian underground oven used to slow-cook Kalua pigs, Hawaii News Now says. IDAHOIdaho Falls: Federal ocials have released new rules to deal with crowding on the South Fork of the Snake River during trout shing season, The Post Register reports. ILLINOISPeoria: The cityÂs public school district purchased stun guns for its security ocers, The (Peoria) Journal Star reports. Ocials are working on drafting a policy for when and how the devices will be used. INDIANATerre Haute: The state will dedicate a historical marker April 19 commemorating Syrian immigrants who came here in the early 20th century. The community was known as ÂLittle Syria on the Wabash.ÂŽ IOWAWaverly: Waverly College is bolstering security following reports that a man entered unlocked dorms and harassed women students, The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports. KANSASWichita: A federal appeals court has reinstated a wrongful death lawsuit in a 2013 trampling death at Creekstone FarmsÂ cattle processing facility, The Wichita Eagle reports. KENTUCKYFrankfort: The state Senate voted to raise death benets for surviving families of police ocers killed in the line of duty. LOUISIANABaton Rouge: The state House agreed to a 30-year contract extension for HarrahÂs to operate the land-based New Orleans casino. MAINEBangor: The city last week celebrated the 50th anniversary of the 1968 closing of Dow Air Force Base. The site is now Bangor International Airport. MARYLANDOcean City: A federal appeals court says a sherman who failed a lie-detector test after being declared the winner of a 2016 billsh tournament canÂt collect the $2.8 million in winnings, The Daily Times of Salisbury reports. MASSACHUSETTSBoston: A labor dispute between Plimoth Plantation and the living history museum sta may threaten the upcoming 400th anniversary of the PilgrimsÂ arrival. MICHIGANFruitport Township: Authorities say about 30 dogs are believed to have died in a re at StormÂs Ahead Kennels, which was at capacity last week, The Muskegon Chronicle reports. MINNESOTAColumbia Heights: Authorities say no one was hurt when a small melting machine exploded at Invest Cast metal company. Employees were evacuated. MISSISSIPPILouisville: The First United Methodist Church has left the denomination amid clashing views on homosexuality and other issues, the Clarion Ledger reports. MISSOURIKansas City: Authorities say bed bugs were found last week in a Terminal B upholstered chair at Kansas City International Airport, The Kansas City Star reports. The chair was near restaurants, but no food prep areas were aected. MONTANAGreat Falls: Glacier County dropped an oce in Browning amid a dispute over a new lease, The Great Falls Tribune reports. NEBRASKAOmaha: The philanthropic Aksarben Foundation has ended its annual king and queen crowning. A board member says pairing an older man with a collegeage woman is Âout of syncÂŽ today.NEVADAReno: The 80-year-old executive director of the Ronald McDonald House here was ousted amid allegations of using charity funds for his own benet and sexually harassing female staers, The Reno Gazette Journal reports. NEW HAMPSHIREBoscawen: The State Veterans Cemetery plans to open a multimedia learning center Nov. 11during a Veterans Day ceremony. About 40% of the $700,000 fundraising goal is complete. NEW JERSEYTrenton: A program that allowed Ocean County residents who received unwarranted Medicaid benets to withdraw without prosecution resulted in consent agreements to repay $2.2 million. NEW MEXICOSanta Fe: The state Game Commission is launching a nationwide search for a new director. In addition to wildlife duties, the job involves enforcement of o-highway motor vehicle rules. NEW YORKAlbany: Gov. Andrew Cuomo has ordered an investigation of complaints about management at the Albany Medical Center, where nurses are trying to unionize, the Times Union reports.NORTH CAROLINARaleigh: A federal judge ruled that the state prison system must recognize humanism as a faith and allow its adherents to meet. NORTH DAKOTAMandan: Veterans Memorial Ballpark built in the 1950s will get a $2.5 million makeover this summer that includes 500 more seats, The Bismarck Tribune reports. OHIOColumbus: The Ohio Supreme Court has proposed a rule clarifying that judges who campaign for nonjudicial oce must leave the bench. OKLAHOMAOklahoma City: A contractor providing youth home service is terminating its work in Oklahoma, saying the state is sending mentally ill children. White Fields was set up to handle severely abused children. OREGONEugene: A man who went to the University of Washington in the 1970s is seeking historic designation for the 93-year-old East Grandstand at Hayward Field to prevent the school from tearing it down to boost seating for the 2021World Outdoor Track and Field Championships. PENNSYLVANIAPhiladelphia: A nonprot plans to display the cityÂs other bell Â… a bigger, uncracked twin of the Liberty Bell Â… a few blocks from its better-known relative. The Bicentennial Bell, a gift from Great Britain, has been stored since 2013.RHODE ISLANDProvidence: A state lawmaker wants to pay families with at least $100,000 a year in household income up to $10,000 to move to the state for at least a year. SOUTH CAROLINAColumbia: The U.S. Justice Department and the state Department of Corrections have reached a deal to give hearing-impaired inmates a chance to participate in programs and activities. SOUTH DAKOTASioux Falls: The stateÂs winter wheat crop is in good shape, with 80% rated in fair or good condition, according to the federal Agriculture Department. TENNESSEENashville: Video of sick and injured animals led to a PetSmart store raid, The Tennessean reports. TEXASHouston: Hispanic superintendents are underrepresented in Texas public schools even though more than 52% of students are Hispanic, the Houston Chronicle reports. UTAHSalt Lake City: Students attending Utah colleges and universities face a 1.5% tuition hike, the lowest in eight years, Deseret News says. VERMONTMontpelier: Airbnb says it wonÂt ght a proposed state law that would require people renting out their homes to register with the state and pay an annual fee of $130. VIRGINIAAshland: The loss of community newspapers this year is up to three. The Herald-Progress of Ashland and its sister paper, The Caroline Progress shut down last week. The Hopewell News closed in January. WASHINGTONSeattle: The Center City Connector streetcar project is on hold due to rising costs, and an investigation is underway of the projectÂs management. WEST VIRGINIAHuntington: A state Fire Marshals investigation resulted in the arrests of two volunteer reghters, ages 18 and 19, on charges of starting res and reporting false emergencies, Herald-Dispatch says. WISCONSINMilwaukee: Gov. Scott Walker has signed legislation to close the troubled Lincoln Hills youth prison by 2021and authorize funding for new facilities across the state. WYOMINGLaramie: A University of Wyoming study found that hunters, anglers and wildlife fans spent nearly $800 million in the state in 2016, The Laramie Boomerang reports. From sta and wire reports News from across the USA

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Not adjusted for inÂ”ation, itÂs SpielbergÂs best opening in a decade following ÂIndiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,ÂŽ which launched with $100.1 million in 2008. Aside from ÂThe BFG,ÂŽ Spielberg has lately favored smaller historical dramas instead of the big-scale blockbusters of his heyday. Based on Ernest ClineÂs popular novel and chalk full of references to 1980s pop culture, including some nods to SpielbergÂs own Â“lms, ÂReady Player OneÂŽ is a return to the popcorn Â“lmmaking that he became known for. With that includes a reportedly hefty $175 million price tag, which does not account for marketing costs. Audiences gave the Â“lm an ACinemaScore, and reviews have been warm, too (itÂs sitting at a 76 percent on Rotten Tomatoes). Those who turned out this weekend were mostly male (59 percent) and over the age of 25 (56 percent). ÂItÂs great to be in the Steven Spielberg business,ÂŽ said Jeff Goldstein, Warner Bros.Â president of domestic distribution. ÂWe always believed that this movie itself would carry the day and thatÂs really what happened. WeÂve seen all around the globe that the word of mouth is really propelling it.ÂŽ Goldstein said while advance ticket sales were solid, the walk-up business was particularly robust on Friday and Saturday. Internationally, the Â“lm exceeded the studioÂs expectations with $128 million from 62 territories, including $61.7 million from China (the biggest-ever opening in the country for Warner Bros.). Globally it grossed $181.3 million. ComScore senior media analyst Paul Dergarabedian said the performance of ÂReady Player OneÂŽ should be judged in the context of the marketplace, which is down signiÂ“cantly (24.1 percent) from last March and has seen nearly every Â“lm since ÂBlack PantherÂŽ open in the Âmiddling to good range.ÂŽ ÂNone of them have set the world on Â“re,ÂŽ Dergarabedian said. ÂWeÂre living in a world where a $52.3 million gross for the Â“rst four days is a really good number.ÂŽ ÂTyler PerryÂs AcrimonyÂŽ took second place. Driven by an overwhelmingly female audience, the Â“lm starring Taraji P. Henson grossed $17.1 million over the 3-day weekend, followed by ÂBlack PantherÂŽ in third place with $11.3 million. With $650.7 million in domestic grosses, ÂBlack PantherÂŽ is poised to pass ÂJurassic WorldÂsÂŽ $652 million to become the fourth highest grossing domestic release of all time. A batch of faith-based Â“lms also competed for attention leading up to the Easter holiday, including ÂI Can Only Imagine,ÂŽ which scored again with $10.8 million to take fourth place. It outshined ÂPaul, Apostle of Christ,ÂŽ which earned $3.5 million in weekend two and the new opener, ÂGodÂs Not Dead: A Light in Darkness,ÂŽ which stumbled with $2.6 million. Even Wes AndersonÂs ÂIsle of Dogs,ÂŽ playing in only 165 locations, beat ÂGodÂs Not Dead 3ÂŽ with $2.8 million. ÂPaciÂ“c Rim UprisingÂŽ rounded out the top Â“ve with $9.2 million, down 67 percent from last weekendÂs No. 1 opening. The year is still down nearly four percent, too, but there are some superheroes on the horizon. ÂThe cavalry is on the way in ÂAvengers: InÂ“nity War,ÂÂŽ Dergarabedian said. Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to comScore. Final domestic Â“gures will be released Monday. 1.ÂŽReady Player One,ÂŽ $41.2 million. 2.ÂŽTyler PerryÂs Acrimony,ÂŽ $17.1 million. 3.ÂŽBlack Panther,ÂŽ $11.3 million. 4.ÂŽI Can Only Imagine,ÂŽ $10.8 million. 5.ÂŽPaciÂ“c Rim Uprising,ÂŽ $9.2 million. 6.ÂŽSherlock Gnomes,ÂŽ $7 million. 7.ÂŽLove, Simon,ÂŽ $4.8 million. 8.ÂŽTomb Raider,ÂŽ $4.7 million. 9.ÂŽA Wrinkle in Time,ÂŽ $4.7 million. 10.ÂŽPaul, Apostle of Christ,ÂŽ $3.5 million.SpielbergÂs ÂReady Player OneÂ tops holiday box officeBy LINDSEY BAHRAP FILM WRITER WARNER BROS. PICTURES VIA APThis cover image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows characters Aech, left, and Parzival in a scene from ÂReady Player One,ÂŽ a lm by Steven Spielberg. British royals go to Easter service without Harry and MarkleLONDON (AP) Â„ Queen Elizabeth II, Prince William and his wife, Kate, and other senior British royals celebrated an Easter church service Sunday at the chapel where Prince Harry and American Â“ancee Meghan Markle will get married in May. Harry and Markle did not attend the service at St. GeorgeÂs Chapel in Windsor, England. Palace ofÂ“cials said their weekend plans were private. Prince Philip, the queenÂs husband, also did not attend. The 96-year-old has retired from public duties and been seen less frequently. Most of the royals walked down the hill from Windsor Castle to the chapel, but the 91-yearold queen arrived by car, wearing a purple fuchsia coatdress and matching hat. William and Kate also took a car to the chapel, arriving at the church a few minutes late. They emerged without their children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte. Kate is expecting the coupleÂs third child later this month. Jack Brooksbank, who is engaged to the queenÂs granddaughter Princess Eugenie, made his Â“rst Easter appearance with the royal family. Brooksbank and Eugenie, the daughter of Princess Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, plan to wed in October. NEWS BRIEFS

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The Sun /Monday, April 2, 2018 www.yoursun.com Page 7 MARMADUKE By Brad Anderson Cryptoquip 2011 by King Features Syndicate Challenger SaturdayÂs Challenger Answers DEAR DR. ROACH: There is a very easy cure for hot ashes Â„ and it works! Take 400 units of vitamin E twice a day. The ashes will disappear in three days. This has worked for countless women for years. Why don't doctors know about this? Â„ S.P.B. ANSWER: Researchers have evaluated vitamin E for the treatment of hot ashes. One study found that vitamin E reduced hot ashes by about 25 percent, but an identical pill with no vitamin E reduced hot ashes by 22 percent. Another study showed that women had ve hot ashes a day on placebo, and 3.2 a day on vitamin E. On the basis of this, I can't recommend vitamin E as a very eective treatment. However, it is safe and is at least partially eective for some women. DEAR DR. ROACH: A recent column discussed female pattern hair loss. I experienced hair loss similar to what this woman described. I am 65, and the receding hairline and loss of crown hair started when I was 60. I asked every doctor I went to (including a dermatologist, an internist and a gynecologist) why my hair was thinning so signicantly. All of them said that at my age, it could be expected. All of my bloodwork was good Â„ no low thyroid. In September 2017, a new dermatologist asked if my hormone levels had been checked (they had not), because it looked like male pattern hair loss. My testosterone levels were o-the-charts high. She sent me back to my gynecologist, who did a pelvic ultrasound, which led to an MRI, which showed that I had a small cyst on my right ovary (one that he had not been able to feel). He said it may be a very rare cyst that was secreting testosterone. In January, my ovaries were removed, and testing of the cyst showed that it was a Sertoli-Leydig cancer that was contained in the cyst. I thought it might be helpful to remind women with signicant hair loss to have their hormones checked as a possible cause. If this had not been done for me, this cyst would not have been detected until it was much larger and the cancer more advanced. As you can imagine, I am very grateful to my new dermatologist for taking the initiative in helping me get properly diagnosed. I am hopeful that my hair will grow back, but if not, that's ne. I am happy to be cancer-free! Â„ Anon. ANSWER: I am glad that you were diagnosed and treated in time. It is unfortunate to hear that your diagnosis was delayed. Female pattern hair loss is an overall thinning of hair along the midline of the scalp, whereas male pattern is a receding hairline and thinning along the crown. However, some people have a pattern that is dicult to type, and it is important to check for other signs of high testosterone. Growth of body hair, acne and a deeper voice all are indicative of excess testosterone in women. If it's unclear which type, a simple blood test is potentially lifesaving. READERS: The booklet on edema and lymphedema provides information on the causes of foot and ankle swelling. Readers can order a copy by writing: Dr. Roach Book No. 106 628 Virginia Dr. Orlando, FL 32803 Enclose a check or money order (no cash) for $4.75 U.S./$6 Can. with the recipient's printed name and address. Please allow four weeks for delivery.DEAR ABBY: My elderly father remarried after my mother died two years ago. He married an acquaintance who is 30 years younger at the courthouse with no friends or family in attendance. He told this woman beforehand that there was a large widow's pension he'd paid into for decades that he wanted to give to her by marrying her. She claimed to be in an "unhappy" marriage at the time, and promptly got a divorce. Well, she and her now-ex have "suddenly started getting along just great," so she decided to continue to live with her ex after her marriage to Dad. Despite agreeing to these terms and because the woman teased him before their marriage, Dad is angry that she still won't have sex with him. Also upsetting is that when they are out socially, his new wife still introduces her ex as her "husband" and Dad as their "friend." Now we learn, despite assurances during discussions with an attorney prior to the marriage that she would never exercise her rights as a spouse to any other funds or property, she's asking my dad for a monthly allowance so she can retire, since she has no savings. Abby, do we have any recourse in this situation? Do you think we are right to call my father's marriage fraudulent, and would we be considered accomplices by not reporting it to any authorities before his death? Â„ Stepdaughter In Revolt DEAR STEPDAUGHTER: You are correct that the "marriage" was fraudulent, and you certainly do have recourse. Your father's lawyer should be consulted immediately to discuss an annulment of this bogus arrangement. Because your father's judgment is so poor, go with him to ensure that no details are left out. Frankly, I think the woman may be guilty of elder abuse, and your father may need a conservator. Dear Readers: Today's SOUND ON is about volunteering. Â„ Heloise "Dear Heloise: Maybe you've heard the expression 'Many hands make the workload light.' It's true, and never more so than for organizations that are on a tight budget, such as animal shelters, services for the elderly and children's organizations. If any of your readers are thinking of volunteering, pick an organization and help out when you can. To those who already volunteer, thank you many times over. Your help is invaluable, your service is appreciated." Â„ Hazel W., Wabash, Ind. Dear Readers: Got empty tissue boxes? Reuse them: To store small plastic grocery bags. As tissue receptacles for used tissues when you have cold. To store cotton balls. In a laundry room to hold lint.Â„ HeloiseVitamin E is no miracle cure f or women and hot ashes Suspicion surrounds elderly father's new, younger wife Thank volunteer workersHints from Heloise Dr. Roach Dear Abby

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Page 8 www.yoursun.com The Sun / Monday, April 2, 2018 ARIES (March 21-April 19). You canÂt have a bold day and a mistake-free day and have it all be the same day. YouÂll have to choose. Before you do, you should know that the current astral lineup suggests that the bold day is tipped in your favor. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). One way that your subconscious speaks to you is in the form of curiosity. Another way is in the form of jealousy. Both give you hints as to the endeavors that might suit your personality the best. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Bottom line, the people who are worried about being seen as less than desirable are feeling less than desirable. ItÂs just an unsubstantiated opinion! Absolutely stamp it out. The truly desired donÂt care what anyone thinks. CANCER (June 22-July 22). What about compassion? What about listening? What about forgetting the societal expectations for an hour or a day? This is the way to nd a heart. The rst heart youÂll nd will be your own. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). It doesnÂt matter whether the dog saw the invitation list or not; the dog will bark at intruders and invited guests alike. Your adrenaline system is a little like that. The things that trigger it today may surprise you. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). As for the person who nds it hard to give a compliment, you might nd this fact rather suspicious. Rightly so. It shouldnÂt be so dicult to prop up those around you, unless you are harboring emotional disabilities. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). No word? Assume the best. No news will be good news. No answer? Go along your happy way. Everything is happening in the time itÂs supposed to. All will be revealed on a need-to-know basis. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Anyone who has taken good care of another human knows the humility that this requires. A servantÂs heart is rewarded in ways that those who donÂt have one would nd hard to understand. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Masks are sti, fake and boring. ItÂs almost impossible to project your own personality through one. Some will put on a mask to deal with todayÂs situation, but youÂll get better results just being yourself. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Space is a vacuum that doesnÂt carry sound the way air does, but the planets howl and plasma whistles nonetheless. Today youÂll be like the high-powered space probe that picks up what no one else does. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Your mind will be like a laser today. Lasers are used to do surgeries, catch thieves and manufacture clothes. Similarly, youÂll use your powers of focus in multiple and unrelated ways. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). YouÂll design new habits for the way you want to grow Â„ but you wonÂt expect others to follow along, because authentic people like you live by their own rules. No one else needs to follow them for them to be valid. TODAYÂS BIRTHDAY (April 2). It will be lucky to learn new languages and communication styles. YouÂve an energy everyone wants to cozy up to, and your social life will reect this. Positive thoughts seed a magically unfolding July and August. An investment will pay double in 2019. A deal involving three or more partners will bring good fortune. Libra and Scorpio adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 5, 30, 1, 33 and 49. HOROSCOPE BLONDIE By Dean Young and John Marshall BORN LOSER By Art and Chip Sansom BABY BLUES By Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott MUTTS By Patrick McDonnell DOONSBURY By Garry Trudeau

Page 10 www.yoursun.com The Sun / Monday, April 2, 2018 WORLD KEMEROVO, Russia Â„ Trapped inside a movie theater at a burning shopping center, 11-year-old Vika PochankinaÂs made a panicked phone call to her aunt and delivered her last words: ÂIÂm suffocating. Tell Mama that I loved her.ÂŽ Yevgenia Pochankina told her niece to cover her nose with her clothes to fend off the smoke. ÂAfter a moment, she disconnected,ÂŽ the aunt told The Associated Press. The deaths of 64 people Â„ including 41 children Â„ in a Siberian shopping center Â“re on March 25 have tormented their loved ones not only with the memories of those they have lost but with deep dismay about the state of life in Russia. The relatives Â„ and many others in Russia Â„ ask why the shopping centerÂs emergency exits were locked, why the mallÂs Â“re alarms didnÂt sound, whether the center ever met building standards or if inspectors were bribed to turn a blind eye to deÂ“ciencies. Living in Kemerovo, a Siberian city 1,900 miles east of Moscow, they are hurt and angry over what they see as ofÂ“cial callousness after the Â“re. The regional governor didnÂt visit the scene, President Vladimir Putin didnÂt declare a national day of mourning until two days after the Â“re, and ofÂ“cials have dismissed their protests over the blaze as political opportunism. ÂThis tragedy reÂ”ects all of RussiaÂs problems Â„ the corruption of ofÂ“cials who closed their eyes to problems with Â“re safety, uncoordinated work of the special services, the imperviousness of authorities,ÂŽ said Rasim Yaraliyev, head of a citizenÂs group pressing for answers about the Â“re. Vika was one of six schoolchildren from the village of Treshchevsky who had traveled 30 miles that day to Kemerovo, a trip rewarding them for being good students. As they sat in the theater watching an animated Â“lm, a Â“re broke out in the four-story Winter Cherry mall. Vika and her classmates were among the dead. Teacher Oksana Yevseyeva, the tripÂs chaperone, had left the children to watch the movie themselves in the theater while she did some shopping. She was on the Â“rst Â”oor when the Â“re broke out above. ÂI begged the guards to give me a mask and let me in to the children when the Â“re started, but they said there is smoke everywhere, you will just die,ÂŽ she said. Igor Vostrikov, whose wife, three daughters and a sister died in the Â“re, told the AP that investigators had let him see him CCTV footage from outside the movie theater, showing that the entrance doors to the room where they died were locked by a man who possibly was trying to keep the smoke out until a rescue team arrived. On Saturday he posted a video apparently showing a woman opening the door to that room as smoke began Â“lling the multiplexÂs hallway but she apparently says nothing. The video showed people Â”eeing other rooms. Six people have been arrested in the case, including the head of the regional construction inspection agency when the shopping center was developed in a former candy factory, and the general director of the company that owns the mall. But distrust in Russian ofÂ“cialsÂ promises of a thorough investigation is strong. ÂTheyÂre not telling us the truth. Judging by everything, nobody saved the children, they closed them off and abandoned them,ÂŽ said Olga Begeza, whose daughter Diana wanted to go on the trip but couldnÂt because her mother didnÂt have the 400 rubles ($7) to pay for it. ÂIt seems that our lives donÂt count for anything. ThatÂs the only thing my family has understood,ÂŽ she said. Complaints about ofÂ“cial corruption and incompetence are widespread in Russia, and in Kemerovo they are aggravated by whatÂs seen as an insensitive response from ofÂ“cials. Although Putin visited Kemerovo on Tuesday, he did not speak to a large gathering of demonstrators demanding answers, protesting corruption and calling for regional ofÂ“cialsÂ ouster. Deputy regional governor Sergei Tsivilyov did show up but incurred the crowdÂs anger when he dismissed as Âa PR stuntÂŽ concerns that the death toll was far higher than ofÂ“cially reported. In a meeting with Putin, regional governor Aman Tuleyev added to the anger by blaming ÂÂŽthe oppositionÂŽ and Âlocal busybodiesÂŽ for fomenting the 10-hour protest. TuleyevÂs resignation, after more than 20 years in the post, was announced Sunday by the Kremlin. Tsivilyov is now the acting governor. In the days after the Â“re, tens of thousands of people in Moscow, St. Petersburg and other cities have streamed to makeshift memorials to the Â“re victims, bringing Â”owers and stuffed toys. OfÂ“cials appear concerned that dismay over the Â“re could encourage protests that could undermine PutinÂs mandate just weeks after he won election to a fourth term. Andrei Klimov, head of the committee for defense of state sovereignty in the upper house of parliament, warned that such protests could be exploited by Western countries that want to weaken Russia, echoing the frequent contention that the West is inherently ÂRussophobic.ÂŽ ÂWith every protest, they try to transfer it into the political plane Â„ an example of this is the situation in Kemerovo,ÂŽ he said Friday.Anger surges after Siberian mall fire kills 64By YURAS KARMANAUASSOCIATED PRESS AP PHOTOPeople bring owers, toys and candles during a day of mourning for the victims of SundayÂs re in a shopping mall in the Siberian city of Kemerovo, in Manezhnaya square, near the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday. JERUSALEM Â„ IsraelÂs defense minister on Sunday rejected international calls for an investigation into deadly violence along GazaÂs border with Israel, saying troops acted appropriately and Â“red only at Palestinian protesters who posed a threat. Fifteen Palestinians were killed and over 700 wounded in FridayÂs violence near the Israeli border, according to Palestinian health ofÂ“cials. It was the areaÂs deadliest violence since a war four years ago. Human rights groups have accused the army of using excessive force, and both the U.N. secretary-general and the European UnionÂs foreign policy chief have urged an investigation. In an interview, Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Israel would not cooperate with a U.N. inquiry if there were one. ÂFrom the standpoint of the Israeli soldiers, they did what had to be done,ÂŽ Lieberman told Israeli Army Radio. ÂI think that all of our troops deserve a commendation, and there wonÂt be any inquiry.ÂŽ FridayÂs mass marches were largely led by GazaÂs ruling Hamas group and touted as the launch of a six-week-long protest campaign against a stiÂ”ing decade-old blockade of the territory. Israel and Egypt have maintained the blockade since Hamas, an Islamic militant group sworn to IsraelÂs destruction, seized control of Gaza in 2007. In FridayÂs confrontations, large crowds gathered near the fence, with smaller groups of protesters rushing forward, throwing stones and burning tires. Israeli troops responded with live Â“re and rubber-coated steel pellets, while drones dropped tear gas from above. Soldiers with riÂ”es were perched on high earthen embankments overlooking the scene. Protests have continued since Friday but at a far smaller scale. On Sunday, one person was seriously wo unded by gunÂ“re, Palestinian medical ofÂ“cials said. The military has said it responded only to violent attacks aimed at troops and the border fence. But video from the scene showed at least a handful of incidents in which people appear to have been shot either far from the border or while they were not actively rioting. The Israeli military accused Hamas of releasing videos that were either incomplete, edited or Âcompletely fabricated.ÂŽ It said troops had followed strict rules of engagement, and that protesters were putting themselves in ÂharmÂs wayÂŽ by operating in a dangerous area. In the interview, Lieberman said those who protested peacefully were not harmed, saying claims that peaceful protesters were harmed were Âlies and inventions.ÂŽ ÂWhoever didnÂt get close to the fence was not shot,ÂŽ he said. Tamar Zandberg, leader of the dovish opposition party Meretz, posted a video over the weekend calling for an independent inquiry into FridayÂs violence. ÂIÂm worried about the fate of all of us, and the fate of the residents of the Gaza periphery communities, who could be sitting in bomb shelters today, tomorrow or next week,ÂŽ she told Army Radio, Âso IÂm calling to stop this now.ÂŽ Zandberg came under heavy criticism for her comments. ÂAs if this were a case of innocent civilians who had been shot while doing their holiday shopping, rather than people who had been pushed to the border by Hamas in order to be killed in service to the Palestinian narrative,ÂŽ wrote defense analyst Alon Ben-David. The Israeli military has said those killed by troops were men who were involved in violence and who belonged to Hamas and other militant factions. The army later released the names and ages of 10 of the dead, including what it said were eight members of Hamas and two from other militant groups. Israel has also accused Gaza health ofÂ“cials of exaggerating the number of wounded. Four of the 15 dead were members of the Hamas military wing, Hamas said Saturday. The group said a Â“fth member who was not on the Health Ministry list was killed near the border, and that Israel has the body. It said another man is also missing in the border area. The protests are to culminate in a large border march on May 15, the 70th anniversary of IsraelÂs founding. The date is mourned by Palestinians as their Ânakba,ÂŽ or catastrophe, when hundreds of thousands were uprooted in the 1948 Mideast war over IsraelÂs creation.Israel rejects calls for inquiry into Gaza violenceBy JOSEF FEDERMANASSOCIATED PRESS Two-day strike by French workers to disrupt train servicePARIS (AP) Â„ FranceÂs national train company is warning that a workersÂ strike will disrupt train service within France and elsewhere in Europe on Tuesday and Wednesday. SNCF said in a statement on Sunday that only 15 percent of high-speed trains and 25 percent of regional trains would be running on April 3-4 due to the strike. The company says one in three trains between France and Germany and 75 percent of Eurostar trains between Paris and London will be operating. Four labor unions have called on rail workers to strike for two days every week until the end of June. They are protesting a government plan to prepare SNCF before the service is opened to competition and to end some worker beneÂ“ts. Thalys trains between France, Belgium and the Netherlands should be running normally.Mexican frontrunner, ruling party candidate start campaignsMEXICO CITY (AP) Â„ Front-running candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrado has opened his campaign for the July 1 presidential election in Ciudad Juarez, the border city that launched some of MexicoÂs key resistance struggles. Lopez Obrador depicts his third run at the presidency as a historic battle against corruption and entrenched elites, on a par with the resistance to the French invasion of 1862-1867 and the 19101917 revolution. Ciudad Juarez served as a base in both. Ruling party candidate Jose Antonio Meade launched his campaign Sunday in the colonial city of Merida, the capital of a state his Institutional Revolutionary Party hopes to retain, with nine governorships at stake. Meade is third in the polls. He alluded to Lopez Obrador, saying, ÂDonÂt let them take away the future of our children with false promises.ÂŽ7 police die trying to quell prison riot in MexicoMEXICO CITY (AP) Â„ Authorities in eastern Mexico say seven police ofÂ“cers have died while trying to quell a prison riot. The Veracruz state government says the ofÂ“cers entered the La Toma prison in the mountain town of Amatlan de los Reyes to restore order and move some dangerous inmates on Sunday. It says inmates apparently set Â“re to some mattresses, and the smoke may have killed the ofÂ“cers. Investigators are trying to conÂ“rm the cause of death. The statement doesnÂt describe how the riot began.Lawyer: Ex-Guatemala dictator Efrain Rios Montt dies at 91GUATEMALA CITY (AP) Â„ A lawyer for former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt says the ex-leader has died at age 91. Lawyer Jaime Hernandez says the cause of death was a heart attack on Sunday. Rios Montt seized power in a 1982 coup and presided over one of the bloodiest periods of GuatemalaÂs civil war as soldiers waged a scorched-earth campaign to root out Marxist guerrillas. Rios Montt was convicted in 2013 of genocide and crimes against humanity for the massacre of 1,771 indigenous Ixil Mayans by security forces under his command. But the ruling was swiftly set aside and a new trial ordered, dismaying human rights activists and victims who long sought to see him punished for atrocities during his 17-month regime. He is survived by his daughter Zury Rios.Egypt media body fines newspaper over election coverageCAIRO (AP) Â„ EgyptÂs media regulatory body has Â“ned an Egyptian newspaper 150,000 Egyptian pounds ($8,527.5) and called for an investigation over a front-page report it published saying the state rallied voters to participate in the presidential election. SundayÂs decision by the Supreme Council for Media Regulation says it has called for an investigation into Al Masry Al Youm by the Press Syndicate, naming its chief and news editors speciÂ“cally, and demanded that the daily issue an apology to the National Election Authority. Pro-government media and the stateÂs regulatory bodies have largely criticized foreign mediaÂs coverage of the election. Since 2017, Egyptian authorities have blocked some 500 websites including those of independent media and rights groups. Several local reporters have also been jailed, and a British journalist was expelled in February. WORLD NEWS BRIEFS

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Monday, April 2, 2018 SPORTS www.yoursun.com www.Facebook.com/SuncoastSports Â€ @SunCoastSportsINDEX | Lottery 2 | NBA 2 | NHL 2 | Colleges 3 | MLB 4 | Scoreboard 5 | Golf 6 CHRIS URSO | TIMESBrad Miller connects for his first home run of the season in he second inning.No ÂOÂ and another ÂLÂ for RaysBy ROGER MOONEY ST. PETERSBURG Â… The hope for the Rays offense to, if not get hot, become at least lukewarm moves to New York, where the team could see snow Monday when it faces the Yankees in their home opener at Yankee Stadium. It did not happen Sunday in a 2-1 loss to the Red Sox in front of 14,245 at Tropicana Field. The Rays scored just three runs in the final three games of the four-game series. Not surprisingly, all were losses. They had their chances Sunday but could not come up with the big hit in a big situation. The biggest was in the ninth, when twoout singles by Mallex Smith and Adeiny Hechavarria put runners on the corners against Joe Kelly. But Denard Span, Thursday's hero, struck out. The Red Sox rode their starting pitching to take the series 3 games to 1. The Rays scored first when Brad Miller hit his first homer of the year to start the second inning. Matt Duffy followed with a single and Wilson Ramos singled one out later to put runners on first and second with one out. But the Rays couldn't capitalize. Smith lined out to leftfield and Hechavarria forced Ramos at second. The Red Sox tied the score in the fifth inning when J.D. Martinez singled home Mookie Betts. A diving stop by second baseman Joey Wendle going to his left with two on and two out prevented the Sox from taking the lead. But that happened the following inning when Rafael Devers singled to right with the bases loaded. Third-base coach Carlos Febles sent Brock Holt, who was on second. Holt was easily thrown out at the plate by rightfielder Carlos Gomez. The Rays had a similar scenario in the bottom of the inning when Duffy, on first with a two-out single, was held at third by Rays coach Matt Quatraro on Wendle's double to the rightfield corner. It was hard to tell if Duffy would have scored, but the throw home was off line. Ramos then flied out to right to end that threat. Rays starter Jake Faria lasted into the fifth inning. When facing the Red Sox order for the third time, he allowed a leadoff single to Betts, walked Devers and allowed the RBI hit to Martinez. He was replaced by MLB: RED SOX 2, RAYS 1 By STEPHEN HAWKINSAssociated PressSAN ANTONIO Â„ Jay WrightÂs custom-tailored suits are as sharp as VillanovaÂs 3-point shooting. The gameday attire for Michigan coach John Beilein is more reflective of his teamÂs emphasis on oldschool fundamentals and defense. ÂAt the end of the game tomorrow, heÂll still look like George Clooney and I will look like Columbo by Peter Falk,ÂŽ Beilein said Sunday. ÂIÂd like to say Kevin Costner, but I canÂt go there.ÂŽ For their drastically different styles, both in dress and how their teams play, one of them will be national champions Monday night. Wright will either get his second title in three seasons, or the 65-yearold Beilein his first in 40 seasons as a college head coach. Villanova (35-4), the NCAA: MENS BASKETBALLVillanova, Michigan coach di erent styles for NCAA title By DOUG FEINBERGAssociated PressCOLUMBUS, Ohio Â„ Arike Ogunbowale hit the shot of her life Â„ again. Ogunbowale floated in a 3-pointer from the corner with 0.1 seconds left, lifting Notre Dame to its second womenÂs basketball title with a thrilling 61-58 comeback victory over Mississippi State in the NCAA championship game on Sunday night. It was the second straight game that the junior guard hit a shot in the final second to carry the Irish. Her jumper with one second remaining in overtime knocked off previously unbeaten UConn in the semifinals Friday. With this game tied, Ogunbowale took the inbounds pass from Jackie Young, dribbled twice toward the corner and, closely guarded, lofted home an offbalance 3 in front of the Notre Dame bench. Close to the same spot on the court where she took down the Huskies, too. ÂIt just felt right,ÂŽ said Ogunbowale, who scored 16 of her 18 points in the second half. ÂI practice late-game all the time. I just ran to Jackie and said, ÂThrow it to me, throw it to me.ÂÂŽ Ogunbowale earned most outstanding player honors for the tournament. All the Irish players SEE STYLES, 3 SEE RAYS, 6 SEE TITLE, 3 By ERIK ERLENDSSONAssociated PressTAMPA Â„ Filip Forsbeg had two goals and an assist to lead the Nashville Predators to a 4-1 victory against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday night. Forsberg returned to the PredatorsÂ lineup after being held out of SaturdayÂs loss to Buffalo for maintenance. Craig Smith and Ryan Johansen also scored to help Nashville move closer to clinching the PresidentsÂ Trophy with the leagueÂs best record. Juuse Saros finished with 29 saves. Tampa Bay, which went 0 for 5 on the power play, played the final two periods without captain Steven Stamkos, who left the game with an undisclosed lower-body injury. Ondrej Palat scored for the Lightning, and Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 21 saves while lost his third consecutive game. The Lightning fell to 5-6-0 in the past 11 games and sit two points behind Boston for the top spot in the Eastern Conference. Nashville, coming off a lopsided loss to Buffalo on Saturday, opened up the scoring as Johansen led a 2-on-1 rush and pulled the puck back before beating Vasilevskiy with a wrist shot 7:50 into the game. The Predators doubled their leadearly in the second at the tail end of a power play as ForsbergÂs shot deflected off the stick of Tampa Bay defenseman Anton Stralman and trickled through VasilevskiyÂs pads at 2:46. Palat pulled the Lightning within a goal at 7:32 as he was open in the slot to take a pass from Stralman and fired a shot from between the circles for his 10th. Forsberg scored his second of the night, NHL: LightningPredators beat Lightning 4-1AP PHOTONashville Predators goaltender Juuse Saros (74) knocks the puck away as Tampa Bay Lightning left wing Ondrej Palat (18) looks for a shot during the second period of an NHL hockey game Sunday. NCAA: Womens basketballOgunbowale encore! Final Four hero lifts Notre Dame to titleSEE LIGHTNING, 2By STEVEN WINEAssociated PressKEY BISCAYNE Â„ John Isner punctuated his unexpected run to the Miami Open title with a surprising display of agility, dancing across the court while basking in a breakthrough. The 6-foot-10 Isner looked twice as tall skipping about with a grin brighter than the Florida sunshine. He had just won the biggest title of his 14-year career, holding every service game and rallying past Alexander Zverev 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday. Isner, who turns 33 this month, previously had been 0-3 in ATP Masters 1000 finals. ÂYou canÂt replicate moments like this,ÂŽ Isner said during the trophy ceremony. ÂIÂm toward the latter part of my career; this is the best moment of my career.ÂŽ IsnerÂs win came in the last singles match on Key Biscayne before the Miami Open moves next year to the NFL DolphinsÂ stadium. Seeded 14th, Isner became the first American man to win the tournament since Andy Roddick in 2010. Isner joined Sloane Stephens who won the womenÂs title Saturday, for the first U.S. sweep in the event since 2004, when the champions were Roddick and Serena Williams. The start of the last game was delayed by the crowdÂs chants of ÂU-SA!ÂŽ Isner then held at love, and on the final three points he smacked aces, giving him 18 for the match and 79 for the tournament. ÂI was just ready for this moment,ÂŽ he said. ÂIÂve been here three other times, and IÂve lost three times on this stage. I was just ready for it.ÂŽ Isner is best known as tennisÂ marathon man thanks to his 70-68 GOLF: Miami OpenIsner earns biggest win, beating Zverev in Miami Open Â“ nalAP PHOTOJohn Isner celebrates after defeating Alexander Zverev, of Russia, during the final at the Miami Open tennis tournament Sunday. SEE ISNER, 6NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPA look at tonightÂs title game in San AntonioPage 3

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The Sun / Monday, April 2, 2018 www.yoursun.com SP Page 3 NCAA TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP GAMEA look at tonightÂs title game in San Antonio No. 1 Villanova (35-4) vs. No. 3 Michigan (33-7)Today, 9:20 p.m. ET, TBS, Alamodome, San Antonio SERIES HISTORY Villanova leads 3-1 and claimed the most recent meeting 60-55 on Nov. 25, 2014, in the Legends Classic in Brooklyn, N.Y. The Wildcats won the only postseason encounter between the schools, a 59-55 triumph in the second round of the 1985 NCAA tournament. HOW THEY GOT HERE Michigan (West regional champion) First round Def. (14) Montana 61-47 Second round Def. (6) Houston 64-63 Regional semiÂ“ nal Def. (7) Texas A&M 99-72 Regional Â“ nal Def. (9) Florida State 58-54 Final Four Def. (11) Loyola-Chi. 69-57 Villanova (East regional champion) First round Def. (16) Radford 87-61 Second round Def. (9) Alabama 81-58 Regional semiÂ“ nal Def. (5) West Virginia 90-78 Regional Â“ nal Def. (3) Texas Tech 71-59 Final Four Def. (1) Kansas 95-79AP PHOTOMichigan forward Moritz Wagner drives to the basket during the first half against Loyola-Chicago in the semifinals of the Final Four Saturday in San Antonio. PROJECTED STARTERS (*blocks) Villanova Yr. Ht./Wt. Pts. Reb. Ast. G Jalen Brunson Jr. 6-3/190 19.2 3.1 4.7 G Phil Booth Jr. 6-3/190 10.3 3.2 3.0 G/F Mikal Bridges Jr. 6-7/210 17.6 5.3 1.9 F Eric Paschall R-Jr. 6-9/255 10.7 5.2 2.1 F Omari Spellman R-Fr. 6-9/245 10.9 7.9 1.5* Michigan Yr. Ht./Wt. Pts. Reb. Ast. G Zavier Simpson So. 6-0/185 7.3 3.3 3.7 G M.-Ali Abdur-Rahkman Sr. 6-4/190 12.6 3.9 3.3 G Charles Matthews Jr. 6-6/200 13.1 5.6 2.4 F Isaiah Livers Fr. 6-7/230 3.5 2.3 0.4 F Moritz Wagner Jr. 6-11/ 245 14.6 7.1 0.8 PLAYERS TO WATCH F Moritz Wagner, Michigan: The WolverinesÂ top big had 24 points, 15 rebounds and three steals on Saturday while playing 36 minutes Â„ his most since Feb. 6. At his best, he can be every bit as efÂ“ cient as VillanovaÂs stars. G Jalen Brunson, Villanova: ItÂs likely the Â“ nal college game for the junior, who will graduate in three years and is seeking his second national title. Villanova is 12-1 in the NCAA tournament during BrunsonÂs career, and he had 18 points and six assists Saturday against Kansas. G Charles Matthews, Michigan: The Kentucky transfer is averaging 16.6 points and 6.8 rebounds during the NCAA tournament and helped carry the backcourt Saturday when Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman and Zavier Simpson struggled against Loyola-Chicago. F Eric Paschall, Villanova: The redshirt junior is coming off a brilliant 24-point showing, his largest scoring total since transferring from Fordham after the 2014-15 season. Paschall was 10 of 11 from the Â” oor Saturday against Kansas and could be a matchup issue for the Wolverines. could celebrate after pulling off the biggest comeback in title game history. They rallied from a 15-point deficit in the third quarter and were down five in the final 1:58. Marina Mabrey hit a 3-pointer from the wing and Young had a shot in the lane to tie it. The title came 17 years to the day after Notre DameÂs only other championship in 2001 on Easter. ÂItÂs Easter Sunday, and all the Catholics were praying for us,ÂŽ said coach Muffet McGraw, who was wearing floral shoes in honor of the holiday. When the final buzzer sounded, a wild celebration started with the Irish faithful who were part of the sellout crowd. McGrawÂs team had fallen short four times in seven years in the title game, losing in 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2015. Many of the Notre Dame alums who were on teams that had fallen just short of winning a title were there to enjoy it, including Natalie Achonwa, Natalie Novosel and Becca Bruszewki This version of McGrawÂs squad refused to lose, and the run was even more improbable because the Irish lost four players over the season to ACL injuries. Tied as the clock ran down, Mississippi State star Teaira McCowan missed a layup with 27.8 seconds left, and both teams turned the ball over. McCowan then fouled out of the game stopping an Irish fast break and set up the final 3 seconds. KEY FOR VILLANOVA Patience on offense: This comes naturally for the Wildcats, who are among the best in the country at ball movement and passing up good shots for great shots. Michigan ranks third in the country in defensive efÂ“ ciency according to KenPom.com, and are less likely than most to offer Villanova the sort of looks they received in SaturdayÂs rout of Kansas. Jalen Brunson and the Wildcats will have to work harder on offense, but itÂs something theyÂve routinely done throughout the season. KEY FOR MICHIGAN Bounceback nights in the backcourt: The Wolverines got away with largely being a two-man team for much of SaturdayÂs defeat of Loyola-Chicago. Charles Matthews and Moritz Wagner combined to shoot 17 of 28 from the Â” oor; the rest of the roster was 8 of 31. Most glaring was the off nights for Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman (2 of 11) and Zavier Simpson (0 of 6). Both will need to have more effective nights on offense for Michigan to win.No. 1 seed from the East Region, has set records for making 3-pointers Â„ both for the season (454), the NCAA Tournament (66) and their 18 in the national semifinal game against fellow No. 1 seed Kansas. The title game in the Alamodome will be the first time in this NCAA Tournament that the third-seeded Wolverines (33-7) face a top-5 seed. They beat the Nos. 14, 6, 7 and 9 seeds in the West Region before overcoming a 10-point deficit after halftime Saturday night to be Loyola-Chicago, only the fourth No. 11 seed to ever make to the Final Four. Loyola made only 1 of 10 3s against the nationÂs No. 3 defense in terms of efficiency. After Kris Jenkins hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer against North Carolina to win the national championship two years ago, VillanovaÂs first since 1985 under Rollie Massimino, the now 56-year-old Wright noticed p eo p le lookin g at him differently. ÂMostly positively. But sometimes if you donÂt handle it well they look at you negatively. They just look at you a lot more. You just get a lot more attention,ÂŽ said Wright, in his 17th season at Villanova after seven years at Hofstra. Beilein has an impressive coaching resume with 799 wins when including all his previous stops Â„ at Erie Community College in New York, Nazareth, LeMoyne, Canisius, Richmond and West Virginia. Missing is a national title.STYLESFrom Page 1TITLEFrom Page 1

By DOUG FERGUSONAssociated PressAUGUSTA, Ga. Â„ Sergio Garcia peeled back the blanket and leaned over for another peek at his 3-week-old daughter, sound asleep against her motherÂs chest. As his wife chatted with friends, he walked back over to take a purse that dangled from her arm, and then a shopping bag at her feet. He was much a doting father and husband as he was the Masters champion, and that was only fitting Sunday. The mood is light the day before Masters week officially begins. It feels more like a day of family and celebration, enhanced by the 60 children moving out from the driving range to the chipping area to the 18th green for the Drive, Chip and Putt competition that has become a tradition since it began five years ago. Garcia was a big part of that, too. He became the first defending champion to attend the reception Saturday night. One girl was asked for her best Garcia impersonation from his victory last year, and she crouched, clenched her fists and pumped both arms. According to those in attendance, Garcia came on stage and showed the real thing. Garcia later went out for a practice round with his father, Victor, but not before a big Spanish celebration. The large group next to the outdoor dining area between the clubhouse and the putting green included GarciaÂs parents, his wifeÂs parents, two-time Masters champion Jose Maria Olazabal and Jon Rahm, who hopes to become the fourth Spaniard in a green jacket. After speaking in English and Spanish to European Tour television, Rahm said he had to leave. ÂIÂm going wherever he goes,ÂŽ he said, nodding to where Garcia was standing, except that he was referring to Olazabal. Rahm recalled going to a Spanish event five years ago ahead of the World Amateur Team Championship to ask Olazabal what parts of his game needed work. Olazabal told him to concentrate on his chipping and putting. ÂHe said, ÂDo this, do that.Â So I did this, I did that. And I won,ÂŽ Rahm said, smiling before he added, ÂSo I need to listen to this man.ÂŽ There were Masters champions all over Augusta National on Sunday, several of them presenting trophies to the various age groups of winners. Garcia, Adam Scott, Nick Faldo, Mark OÂMeara, Gary Player, Ben Crenshaw and Bubba Watson were among those posing with the kids. Faldo and Watson share one peculiar thing in common at the Masters Â„ multiple victories, no top 10s except for when they win. It goes against so much evidence that M asters champions have a knack for playing well. Page 6 SP www.yoursun.com Monday, April 2, 2018 / The Sun Course Totally Renovated!!941-423-6955www.heroncreekgcc.com 5301 Heron Creek Blvd. North Port, FL 34287 Sumter Blvd. Between U.S. 41 & I-75, Exit 18227-Holes Arthur Hills Designed NEWULTRADWARF TIFEAGLE GREENS adno=720523Expires 4/14/18$49Before 7:30AM & After 1:00PM$59Anytime$1994 Player Special (Anytime) Where Shopping Makes Cents charlottecountychamber.org adno=50532902Associated PressHUMBLE, Texas Â„ Ian Poulter delivered another big moment Sunday, this one for himself. Down to his last putt, Poulter made a 20-foot birdie on the 18th hole to force a playoff with Beau Hossler, and then he won the Houston Open with a par on the first extra hole to earn the last spot in the Masters. One week after Poulter was mistakenly told he had locked up a spot at Augusta National through the world ranking, he left no doubt by winning with a clutch moment reminiscent of his Ryder Cup heroics from Medinah in 2012. ÂI had to dig deep today,ÂŽ said Poulter, who closed with a 5-under 67. Hossler, who also shot 67, overcame a three-shot deficit with four straight birdies on the back nine. He had a chance to win on the 18th in regulation with a 30-foot birdie putt that trickled over the right edge of the cup. That set the stage for Poulter, and the 42-year-old from England lived up to his nickname as ÂThe PostmanÂŽ by delivering his biggest putt in years. Poulter pounded his chest five times when the putt dropped, and all Hossler could do was smile. ÂI did think IÂd made it,ÂŽ Hossler said, Âbut it hung out there. Ian basically had the same putt and thereÂs no way he was going to miss it after watching my ball. I gave Ian the perfect read (for him) to make his putt. I knew he was going to make it.ÂŽ In the sudden-death playoff on the 18th, one of the more daunting finishing holes off the tee with water down the left side and a bunker to the right, Hossler found the bunker for the second time. He hit into a greenside bunker, and his third shot caught way too much ball and went over the green and into the water. Poulter was safely on the green as Hossler took his penalty drop, chipped onto the green and took two putts for a triple bogey. They finished at 19-under 269. Poulter won for the third time on the PGA Tour, and his first in America since the Match Play in 2010 at Arizona. This was his first stroke-play victory in America, and the timing could not have been better. When he reached the quarterfinals of the Dell Technologies Match Play last weekend in Austin, he was told that it was enough to get him into the top 50 in the world ranking by the end of the weekend, the cutoff for qualifying for the Masters. It turned out he needed to win his quarterfinal match, and Poulter was informed of the mistake before he teed off. Kevin Kisner beat him, 8 and 6. Poulter was so disappointed that he contemplated not even going to Houston, and when he opened with a 73 in a first round of low scoring, he packed his bags and prepared to go home to Florida the next day. Instead, he bounced back with a 64, and shot 65-67 on the weekend. ÂLast week was painful,ÂŽ he said. ÂTo come here this week, I was tired. I was frustrated on Thursday. ... I was patient. I waited my time. And this is amazing.ÂŽ It was his first victory since the HSBC Champions, a World Golf Championship event at Mission Hills in China in 2012. That was a month after Poulter led Europe to a stunning tu rnaround in the Ryder Cup by making five straight birdies to win a fourballs match and give Europe momentum to overcome a four-point deficit. Along with going to the Masters, Poulter cracks the top 30 in the world and now is in good shape to be eligible for the rest of the majors. He also has a two-year exemption, critical because he nearly lost his card a year ago until he was spared by a clerical error by the tour. ÂThe journey continues. IÂve had 19 good years on tour and I guess IÂve got another couple coming,ÂŽ Poulter said. ÂI think IÂve got some good golf left in me. I think I proved it this week. So thereÂs life in the old dog yet.ÂŽ Hossler did everything right until the playoff. His four straight birdies included a 30-footer on the par-3 14th to tie for the lead, and a wedge that settled 4 feet below the hole that gave him the lead with three to play. ÂI said yesterday I wanted to beat these guys at their best and I think I saw IanÂs best today,ÂŽ Hossler said. ÂItÂs a bummer, but IÂm very proud of the way I played.ÂŽ Jordan Spieth closed with a 66 and tied for third with Emiliano Grillo (68), giving Spieth momentum for the Masters. It was SpiethÂs best finish against a full field since he tied for second in the Dell Technologies Championship outside Boston in September. ÂGoal accomplished for the week,ÂŽ Spieth said. ÂIÂve made some big strides from my last couple tournaments. IÂm very excited for what next week holds.ÂŽGOLF: Houston OpenPoulter delivers to win Houston OpenAP PHOTOIan Poulter hits his third shot on the 13th hole during the third round of the Houston Open, Saturday in Humble, Texas. lefty Jose Alvarado, who got out of the jam with the help of WendleÂs stop and throw at second. Rookie Yonny Chirinos made his major-league debut in the sixth. He struck out Blake Swihart, the first batter he faced, walked Holt, hit Betts to load the bases then allowed the hit to Devers that scored only the one run. It was otherwise a solid debut for Chirinos. He pitched four innings and allowed one hit. But the appearance took him out of the running to start Monday, when the Rays will employ their second bullpen day of the season and second in three games. After the game, they announced that Austin Pruitt would start. Matt Andriese will also be available. Boston starter Hector Velazquez pitched 5 2/ 3 innings. He allowed five hits and struck out five and allowed the run on MillerÂs homer.RAYSFrom Page 1fifth-set victory over Nicolas Mahut at Wimbledon in 2010. He possesses perhaps the gameÂs biggest serve but has never reached a Grand Slam semifinal, largely because a lack of mobility makes it difficult for him to stay in rallies. The string of victories on Key Biscayne surprised even him because he arrived with a record of 1-6 this year, including losses to players with rankings of 60, 62, 78 and 91. ÂI couldnÂt have scripted this,ÂŽ Isner said. ÂI was playing very poorly. But thatÂs the way tennis goes. You gain a little confidence, and things start to roll your way.ÂŽ He played an almost flawless semifinal to beat Juan Martin del Potro, and was just good enough against the fourth-seeded Zverev, a precocious 20-year-old German who was bidding for his third Masters 1000 title in the past 12 months. The Key Biscayne finale drew a nearcapacity crowd, and the atmosphere was electrifying at times. When Isner hit a forehand winner during a tense final game of the second set, he whirled his index finger as he looked around at the roaring crowd, coaxing the decibel level still higher. Two points later, when Zverev won a wild exchange with both players at the net, he waved both arms toward the stands, inspiring another crescendo from the fans. IsnerÂs serve allowed him to overcome inconsistent returning, a succession of botched volleys and shaky play at crunch time. He converted only two of 12 break-point chances and lost his final three service points in the tiebreaker. But he gave Zverev only three break-point chances, and IsnerÂs serve was at its best down the stretch. He made 83 percent of his first serves in the final set. Meanwhile, baseline errors by Zverev mounted. ÂI think I missed more shots today than I did in the whole tournament,ÂŽ the young German said. ÂI played bad from the baseline, but itÂs not easy against John. You always feel the pressure that if you get broken, you might lose the set.ÂŽ Mindful of that small margin for error when he lost serve to fall behind 5-4 in the final set, Zverev let his frustration boil over. He slammed his racket to the concrete, picked it up and slammed it again, and then tossed it gently to the stands as a mangled souvenir. When Isner sealed the victory four points later, he also tossed his racket Â„ but in celebration. Then it was time to dance.ISNERFrom Page 1AP PHOTOJohn Isner returns to Alexander Zverev, of Russia, during the final at the Miami Open tennis tournament, Sunday. GOLF: MastersGarcia makes Sunday arrival at Augusta a day for familyAP PHOTODefending Masters champion Sergio Garcia, left, greets Nicholas Gross, of Downington, Pa., after GrossÂ putt on the 18th green to win the putting championship for his age group during the Drive Chip Putt National Finals at Augusta National Golf Club on Sunday.